LOW BURNOUT RISK

You're Managing Burnout Well

Your score suggests you're in a healthy place. But, you may have started noticing some fraying edges. Small signs, subtle shifts. The kind of exhaustion that's easy to ignore when you're still performing

Prevent Burnout Before It Starts

Understanding Your Results

Burnout isn’t a switch; it’s a slow drip. Even if your score is low right now, it’s worth understanding how burnout can affect not just your energy levels, but your entire ecosystem: emotions, relationships, and how you show up at work and home.

Burnout can chip away at motivation, patience and, your ability to think clearly. It can amplify irritability, dull joy, and slowly erode your sense of purpose. Left unchecked, even low-level stress and fatigue can quietly build until they compromise connection, creativity, and resilience.

Your resources here provide early interventions and resources to support your well-being. The best time to address burnout is before it fullly takes root.

Hit the Action Cards above to stay in the green.

Sustaining Well-Being

Burnout Affects More Than Just Energy

Burnout isn’t a switch, it’s a slow drip. Even if your score is low right now, it’s worth understanding how burnout can affect not just your energy levels, but your entire ecosystem: emotions, relationships, and how you show up at work and home.

Burnout can chip away at motivation, patience, and your ability to think clearly. It can amplify irritability, dull joy, and slowly erode your sense of purpose. Left unchecked, even low-level stress and fatigue can quietly build until they compromise connection, creativity, and resilience.

This page provides early interventions and resources to support your well-being—because the best time to address burnout is before it fully takes root.

How You Might Be Feeling

Your score suggests you’re currently managing stress in a healthy, adaptive way. You might notice occasional fatigue or irritability, but you likely have enough internal and external resources to recover well. You may feel engaged in your work, relatively emotionally balanced, and capable of managing everyday responsibilities.

Still, there may be some early indicators to pay attention to, like skipping breaks, difficulty saying “no,” or feeling slightly less present with loved ones. These are normal signs that it’s time to tune into yourself and make small adjustments before they snowball.

What Can You Do Right Now

Think of this phase as maintenance mode where the goal is not just to avoid burnout, but to optimize well-being. Here are some things you can do to keep your system strong:

  • Establish a weekly recovery ritual: Schedule non-negotiable time each week for rest or something that fills you up (not just numbs you out).

  • Use a “Stress Check” journal: Once a week, jot down your energy levels, mood, and any physical symptoms.

  • Practice saying no: Even small “nos” build a boundary muscle that prevents overcommitment.

  • Take movement breaks during the day: Every 90–120 minutes, take a walk, stretch, or shift your environment.

  • Protect your evenings: Try to shut down email, Slack, or work notifications after a certain hour.

  • Do a “Values Inventory”: Reconnect with why you do what you do. This can be protective against burnout creep.

Curate Resources for Burnout Risk

Here are hand-picked books, tools, and practices to help you stay resilient and avoid sliding into moderate or high burnout.

Caret Care Suggestions for Burnout Risk

Even when you’re doing well, a proactive approach helps you stay that way. At Caret Care, we support small shifts with big impact:

1. Mindful Transitions

Build in buffers between tasks. 5 minutes to breathe, move, or check in with yourself between meetings or after your commute. These micro-breaks restore executive functioning.

2. Boundary Scripts Practice

Learn and rehearse brief, kind ways to say no or set limits: “I’d love to, but I can’t commit right now,” or “Let me check and get back to you.” Practicing them in advance makes them easier to use under pressure.

3. Weekly Values Check-In

Pick one core value (e.g., curiosity, compassion, integrity) and set a micro-goal related to it each week. This keeps your actions in alignment with what really matters. Not quite sure how to get started? No problem. Follow along and we’ll get you there.

4. Cognitive Flexibility Journal

Reflect on your thinking traps: black-and-white thinking, catastrophizing, or perfectionism. Reframe them by writing out a more balanced thought. This isn’t easy for most of us. We’ll keep updating you on tools to do this better.

5. Preventive Self-Compassion Practice

Self-compassion isn’t just for crisis. Spend 3–5 minutes daily offering yourself the same kindness you’d extend to a good friend who’s tired or overwhelmed.

Keep Going, Even When It Feels Good

You’re doing well and that’s exactly why now is the time to take care of yourself. Burnout doesn’t always start with a fire; sometimes it starts with the pilot light flickering. Keep tending to your emotional, physical, and relational energy.

Whether it’s a walk, a boundary, a breath, or a quiet “no thanks,” small actions are the scaffolding of long-term resilience. You don’t have to wait for things to fall apart to justify rest.

Keep checking in. Keep reaching out. You deserve maintenance—not just repair.

CaretCare is here to walk with you.
We believe in sustainable mental health, and in the quiet strength it takes to recover.

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Lower Burnout Level
Prioritize Your Self-Care

Think of this phase as maintenance mode where the goal is not just to avoid burnout, but to optimize well-being. Here are some things you can do to keep your system strong:

  • Establish a weekly recovery ritual: Schedule non-negotiable time each week for rest or something that fills you up (not just numbs you out).
  • Use a “Stress Check” journal: Once a week, jot down your energy levels, mood, and any physical symptoms.
  • Practice saying no: Even small “nos” build a boundary muscle that prevents overcommitment.
  • Take movement breaks during the day: Every 90–120 minutes, take a walk, stretch, or shift your environment.
  • Protect your evenings: Try to shut down email, Slack, or work notifications after a certain hour.
  • Do a “Values Inventory”: Reconnect with why you do what you do. This can be protective against burnout creep.

Curate Resources
for Burnout Risk

Here are hand-picked books, tools, and practices to help you stay resilient and avoid sliding into moderate or high burnout.

Keep Going
Even When You Feel Good

You’re doing well and that’s exactly why now is the time to take care of yourself. Burnout doesn’t always start with a fire; sometimes it starts with the pilot light flickering. Keep tending to your emotional, physical, and relational energy.

Whether it’s a walk, a boundary, a breath, or a quiet “no thanks,” small actions are the scaffolding of long-term resilience. You don’t have to wait for things to fall apart to justify rest.

Keep checking in. Keep reaching out. You deserve maintenance—not just repair.

You Don't Have to Wait Until
You're in Crisis to Get Support

What Can You Do Right Now

Therapy isn’t just for when you’re breaking. It’s also for when you want to build something better.

Just like you go to the gym to stay strong. Reaching out for professional help while you’re still functioning well is a power move, not a panic button.
  • Schedule a Preventive Mental Health Check-In: Just like you see a doctor annually, meeting with a therapist occasionally can strengthen your emotional immune system.

  • Research Local Therapists or Online Platforms: Know your options before things escalate. Bonus: many offer free consults.

  • Set a Mental Health Goal: Example: “I want to improve how I respond to work stress” or “I want to understand why I keep pushing through exhaustion.”

  • Explore Different Support Styles: Therapy, coaching, group support, or spiritual counseling, they all count.

Curated Resources
Professional Support

hand-picked books, tools, and practices to help you stay resilient and avoid sliding into moderate or high burnout.

Keep Going
Even When You Feel Good

You’re doing well and that’s exactly why now is the time to take care of yourself. Burnout doesn’t always start with a fire; sometimes it starts with the pilot light flickering. Keep tending to your emotional, physical, and relational energy.

Whether it’s a walk, a boundary, a breath, or a quiet “no thanks,” small actions are the scaffolding of long-term resilience. You don’t have to wait for things to fall apart to justify rest.

Keep checking in. Keep reaching out. You deserve maintenance—not just repair.

You're Strong. You're Also Not Alone

What Can You Do Right Now

You might feel like you’ve got this.  But isolation isn’t just silence, it’s disconnection. And connection is preventive medicine. 

Reach out early, not just when things feel heavy. Your future self will thank you.

Curate Resources
for Connection

  • Identify Your “Inner Circle”: Who are 1–2 people you can talk to when you’re not feeling 100%?

  • Share Your Burnout Score: Sometimes sharing your Caret are results is the easiest opener.
  • Start a “Connection Ritual”: Weekly walks, shared playlists, check-in texts. Connection doesn’t have to be deep to be meaningful.

  • Use Low-Pressure Language: “Hey, I just wanted to share where I’m at lately…” or “Let’s connect and check in on how we’re doing.”

  • Let People In on the Little Things: Connection happens in the mundane, not just the milestones.

Here are hand-picked books, tools, and practices to help you stay resilient and avoid sliding into moderate or high burnout.

Keep Going
Even When You Feel Good

You’re doing well and that’s exactly why now is the time to take care of yourself. Burnout doesn’t always start with a fire; sometimes it starts with the pilot light flickering. Keep tending to your emotional, physical, and relational energy.

Whether it’s a walk, a boundary, a breath, or a quiet “no thanks,” small actions are the scaffolding of long-term resilience. You don’t have to wait for things to fall apart to justify rest.

Keep checking in. Keep reaching out. You deserve maintenance—not just repair.