Burnout Creative Expression by Lucy Schultz https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout We asked our Mount Sinai community to reflect on the impact of burnout in their lives. See their responses below. Like & comment on those that resonate! en-us 2024-12-18 22:12:20 UTC 2025-03-19 17:20:51 UTC hello@padlet.com Low work efficiency. Higher use of social media and sleeping lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371632431 2025-03-18 17:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371632431 Stress, anxiety, tired, dreading work lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371633347 2025-03-18 17:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371633347 Crawling home and twitching eye. lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371633470 2025-03-18 17:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371633470 Exhaustion getting up in the morning lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371633771 2025-03-18 17:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371633771 Exhausted/ tapped out lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371637825 2025-03-18 17:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371637825 Exhaustion, drained, overthinking, overwhelmed, stressed, anxiety lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371637952 2025-03-18 17:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371637952 Exhaustion, tiredness, drained from everyday activities lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371638183 2025-03-18 17:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371638183 Burnout hurts on the physical level lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371638868 2025-03-18 17:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371638868 Exhausted lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371638963 2025-03-18 17:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371638963 Tiredness lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371639056 2025-03-18 17:11:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371639056 A career and work I love passionately found to be unsustainable long term. lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371639205 2025-03-18 17:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371639205 Dreading coming to work lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371639407 2025-03-18 17:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371639407 Exhaustion lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371639522 2025-03-18 17:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371639522 Brain fog, drained, decreased ability to empathize lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371639679 2025-03-18 17:12:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371639679 Break lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371639780 2025-03-18 17:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371639780 Tired, brain not functioning, staring at walls, no motivation to do things, tired even after sleep lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371639852 2025-03-18 17:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371639852 Over work and not enough rest lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371639986 2025-03-18 17:12:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371639986 Tired, hopeless, drained, lost, and overwhelmed lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371640100 2025-03-18 17:12:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371640100 i don’t know how much longer i can do this lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371640475 2025-03-18 17:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371640475 Increasing stress leading to overstimulation, shutting out people on my life, irritability and sadness after work, feeling unvalued lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371640561 2025-03-18 17:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371640561 Its 6am, Work requires my body right; but My body requires rest. Work wins, always. Not rest, not sleep lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371640675 2025-03-18 17:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371640675 I am trying hard to lock in. lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371640903 2025-03-18 17:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371640903 too tired to even really smile lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371641012 2025-03-18 17:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371641012 pushed to a limit that no one should ever be witness to, a lose-lose situation, existing without feeling, seeing people as checkboxes because the weight of any other humane perspective would crush any remaining mental strength lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371641125 2025-03-18 17:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371641125 Taking a break. Going for a walk lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371641241 2025-03-18 17:13:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371641241 Vacation, family time, reading, music lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371641328 2025-03-18 17:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371641328 Vacation lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371641412 2025-03-18 17:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371641412 Vacation lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371641780 2025-03-18 17:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371641780 Movies lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371641857 2025-03-18 17:13:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371641857 I go to the gym, spend time with friends, stay home and watch movies lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371642135 2025-03-18 17:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371642135 I try to ensure that all aspects of my life are separated so that my work life does not leak into my personal life and vice versa. lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371642253 2025-03-18 17:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371642253 Sleep lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371642421 2025-03-18 17:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371642421 Yoga lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371642490 2025-03-18 17:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371642490 Communication lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371642590 2025-03-18 17:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371642590 Cry, look for other jobs lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371642689 2025-03-18 17:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371642689 Use my days off to re charge lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371642765 2025-03-18 17:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371642765 Try to plan extra hobby activities lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371642875 2025-03-18 17:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371642875 Pacing myself lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371642991 2025-03-18 17:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371642991 Rest and self-reflection lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371643065 2025-03-18 17:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371643065 Take it day by day lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371643126 2025-03-18 17:14:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371643126 Birding MSH must have a birding group MSH has an Ornithologist lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371643310 2025-03-18 17:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371643310 Try to take some time for myself or days off to just veg out and recuperate and find the joy in things again lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371643426 2025-03-18 17:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371643426 Taking a walk or listening to music lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371643482 2025-03-18 17:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371643482 Compartmentalize life and work, talk with friends, limit time that is spent working off hours, getting away from work for long periods of time lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371643603 2025-03-18 17:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371643603 Rest and self-reflection lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371643805 2025-03-18 17:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371643805 i want to use my PTO but management looks down on that lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371643891 2025-03-18 17:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371643891 Still trying to figure that out lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371643978 2025-03-18 17:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371643978 Keep going until the weekend, and restart. Nothing stops. Nothing ends. lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371644058 2025-03-18 17:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371644058 Diversion lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371644135 2025-03-18 17:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371644135 purposefully schedule activities that bring me joy lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371644248 2025-03-18 17:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371644248 friends friends friends, sharing the weight of emotions with loved ones, looking forward to the next break/upcoming changes lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371644328 2025-03-18 17:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371644328 Loved ones. lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371644486 2025-03-18 17:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371644486 More time off/flexibility with time off or sickness/help with childcare lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371644553 2025-03-18 17:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371644553 More staff lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371644752 2025-03-18 17:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371644752 More days off lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371644823 2025-03-18 17:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371644823 Therapy, speaking when friends lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371644896 2025-03-18 17:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371644896 Regular check ins with health professionals lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371645081 2025-03-18 17:16:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371645081 To sleep more lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371645279 2025-03-18 17:16:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371645279 Gym lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371645491 2025-03-18 17:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371645491 Surveys of floor talking meetings lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371645572 2025-03-18 17:16:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371645572 Better staffing, wages, benefits lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371645916 2025-03-18 17:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371645916 More support for my department - social work. More respect for what we do lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371645980 2025-03-18 17:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371645980 Relaxation classes lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371646083 2025-03-18 17:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371646083 Resource nurses lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371646157 2025-03-18 17:16:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371646157 Support from leadership in efforts to increase morale (I.e. improved work/office spaces). Ability to meaningfully assist patients during discharge planning process in emergency room. Better collaboration from other disciplines to take on tasks in discharge planning process so that SW can spend more time with patients to formulate best possible plan. lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371646222 2025-03-18 17:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371646222 Break lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371646361 2025-03-18 17:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371646361 Being able to use sick days as mental health days or burnout days to rest and management being more understanding lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371646410 2025-03-18 17:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371646410 Balance work lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371646541 2025-03-18 17:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371646541 Reasonable hours, more PTO/holidays, more people per job position to avoid overworking. lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371646686 2025-03-18 17:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371646686 encouragement to use PTO and support from management and approval of holiday days off lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371647123 2025-03-18 17:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371647123 More meetings addressing it, actually asking us about mental health or burnout lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371647284 2025-03-18 17:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371647284 Walking/Running lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371647386 2025-03-18 17:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371647386 Genuine connection formation, increasing community openness lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371647507 2025-03-18 17:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371647507 leaders who recognize this problem and actively work with students/employees to find solutions lucyschultz1 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371647619 2025-03-18 17:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3371647619 Feeling mentally exhausted https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3373379641 2025-03-19 16:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3373379641 European style of working. More vacation and family time when needed. https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3373442009 2025-03-19 16:54:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3373442009 https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3373444429 2025-03-19 16:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3373444429 Changing societal relationship with labor https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3373453426 2025-03-19 17:03:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3373453426 loss of interest in work/activities you’re normally interested in https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3373476770 2025-03-19 17:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyschultz1/burnout/wish/3373476770