It's been a while since you've felt the exhilaration that comes with starting a new job. And you're wondering: "Has that professional spark been extinguished or is it flickering faintly, waiting to be reignited?" Take this quiz to help you identify if what you're feeling is a temporary heat wave or the telltale signs of total burnout.
1. Are you burned out or just exhausted? "Take a real vacation to find out," says Rena Lewis, senior vice president for Lee Hecht Harrison, a job search, consulting and career management firm.
Burnout: If you dread returning to work, you may be burned out.
精力枯竭：如果你害怕回去工作，那么也许你已精力枯竭了。
Temporary Heat Wave: If you come back rested and recharged, you just needed a well-deserved break.
暂时情绪：如果你回来后感觉休息良好、精力充沛，那你不过是需要休息一下而已。
2. Are you reacting to a passing moment or an entire movement?
你是因为短暂的非常时期还是公司的整体变动而痛苦？
Burnout: Your company recently underwent a major restructuring, doubling your responsibilities, and there's no end in sight.
精力枯竭：公司最近进行了一次重大重组、让你的责任加倍，这种状况的改变遥遥无期。
Temporary Heat Wave: You're buried in work because it's your 'busy season.' But you do see light at the end of the tunnel.
暂时情绪：你要埋头工作因为现在是你的“忙季”。但是这种情况总有尽头。
3. Are the demands of your job weighing too heavily on you?
工作担子对你来说太重吗？
Burnout: Your supervisor is too demanding and you just can't keep your head above water. You know you'll never get her to change.
精力枯竭：上司要求太高，你应付不了。你知道自己无法让她做出改变。
Temporary Heat Wave: You're too demanding on yourself and it's causing you undue stress, not only at work but most likely in other aspects of your life as well. Time to let a few things go, like the perfectly clean house or some volunteer responsibilities.
Burnout: You face your projects with total apathy and feel you have nothing left to give.
精力枯竭：你对自己的工作完全缺乏热情、感到自己已无所贡献。
Temporary Heat Wave: Your lack of focus is rooted in the nebulous mess you call a workspace. Get organized and get rejuvenated!
暂时情绪：你无法集中注意力是因为工作环境一团糟。把让事物安排得井井有条、让自己精神焕发吧!
5. Have you got the urge to find greener pastures?
你有另谋高就的冲动吗？
Burnout: You're feeling more and more detached at work and catch yourself fantasizing about walking out the door to find that 'dream job' and leaving these 'little minds' behind.
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