Feeling a little burnt out? Simply saying \u201cyes\u201d to new things can change your life and help you rediscover joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shonda Rhimes<\/strong>\u2014a titan of television and the creator and producer of Grey\u2019s Anatomy\u2014took a year to say “yes,\u201d and it opened new doors that led to amazing revelations about rediscovering the joy in our work. If she can find balance and happiness, we surely can too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n We often give ourselves the same schedule: eating the same things, watching the same TV shows, working around the house at the same time… the list goes on. This makes burnout very easy, and we can quickly find ourselves unhappy and uninspired<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Perhaps the burnout problem is not with \u201cwork\/life balance\u201d but with the monotony itself. What if routines and joy\u2014two very different worlds\u2014could coexist, or even be synonymous?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Almost every line of work demands that we devote ourselves to some uninteresting daily tasks and finding a way to end this cycle of boredom would be a gift. It turns out, there\u2019s a lot of advice<\/a> out there on how to accomplish this, from fidgeting with things to trying to turn even the most trivial tasks into little games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But recently, we discovered a fresh and welcome perspective on this from a world-renowned television producer who can give us even greater insight into the subject of sparking passion in our everyday lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You may know Shonda Rhimes from her work producing some of the most popular shows of the past decade, like Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em> and Scandal<\/em>. But even with the wild success of her shows, she found herself in that place so many of us do: burnt out from her work and no longer feeling the spark of creativity and joy from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, how did she learn to love her work again? She started saying “yes.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With this simple change of habit, Shonda Rhimes changed the way she saw her work, her family, and how it could all come together to bring joy back into her life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Watch her full TED talk below:<\/p>\n\n\n\nFeeling a little stuck?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n