Avoiding Political Burnout

B2 – Upper Intermediate 

Current political struggles can lead to many people, even those who are deeply involved in activism, being politically burned-out. This is when one gets to a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion as a natural result of being engaged in emotionally demanding political situations for far too long.

It is important to be able to recognize the signs that you are approaching it or already suffering from it and know exactly how to cope with it.

Here are some helpful tips to help ward off any feeling of political exhaustion.

Be ready to answer the questions that follow.

https://medium.com/practicing-politics/how-to-avoid-political-burnout-84c764397031

Vocabulary Questions:

  1. What does “to fend off” mean, “Use these 10 tips to help identify and fend off that feeling of being politically fatigued!” Give 1-2 synonyms or similar expressions and use “to fend off” in your own sentence.
  2. What does “to take a toll on someone/something” mean, “And as mentioned before, these factors do not exist independently from one another. Stresses from home, your work, and your politics, can morph together and take their toll on the body.”? Give 1-2 synonyms or similar expressions and use “to take a toll on someone/something” in your own sentence.
  3. What does “(to carry) the weight of the world on one’s shoulders” mean, “Realise that the weight of the world is not on your shoulders.”?Give 1-2 synonyms or similar expressions and use “(to carry) the weight of the world on one’s shoulders” in your own sentence.

Discussion Questions:

  1. Express your thoughts on this, “Given political burnout is a natural outcome of prolonged political engagement, self-care has to become an integral part of your activism, not just a break from it.”.
  2. What are your thoughts on this statement, “Whether you relentlessly feel bad for inaction, or feel there aren’t enough hours in the day to do all the work necessary, remember, the problem is not yours alone to fix.”?
  3. Share your insights on this, “Think globally, act locally.”
  4. What political issues are you passionate about and those that you are tired of hearing about?
  5. Have you ever had the feeling of political burnout? If so, how did you deal with it?
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2 replies on “Avoiding Political Burnout”

Discussion Questions

Express your thoughts on this, “Given political burnout is a natural outcome of prolonged political engagement, self-care has to become an integral part of your activism, not just a break from it.”.
I agree with that, but not in my case, I don’t like politics, neither politicians, I try to avoid all the news about them, when I buy the newspaper allways left the political news to the end… most of the time simply I don’t’ read it.
What are your thoughts on this statement, “Whether you relentlessly feel bad for inaction, or feel there aren’t enough hours in the day to do all the work necessary, remember, the problem is not yours alone to fix.”?
We should try to avoid to carry in our shoulders all the problems furthermore in the cases of big problem with a very difficult solution… so is a better idea to share with your colleagues this responsibility.
Share your insights on this, “Think globally, act locally.”
It a very wise saying… always is better to begin doing things close to you, with the people you know is easier and more efficient… you can’t eat an elephant in only one dinner…
What political issues are you passionate about and those that you are tired of hearing about?
I don’t like politics but I’m fed up with the use of emigration issues for political pourposes… I’m sick of it… it is insane is inhumane, and we need people because there are a lot of jobs that need people and nobady want to do it.

Have you ever had the feeling of political burnout? If so, how did you deal with it?

Never, and I hope It will not ever happen to me… I suffered burnout because of the stressful situations we have to deal in the past with a lot of projects, with the deadlines, with the tests, with the deploy in Production environment and so on…
 

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See how you can write this response better:

I agree with that, but not in my case, I don’t like politics, neither politicians, I try to avoid all the news about them, when I buy the newspaper allways left the political news to the end… most of the time simply I don’t’ read it.

I agree with that. However, it is not the case for me because I don’t like politics nor politicians. I try to avoid all the news about them. In fact, when I buy the newspaper, I always leave the political news last. to the end… Most of the time, I simply just don’t’ read them at all.

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