VIDEO SUMMARY: Identifying Burn Out (and what to do about it)
[Description: When you start to feel drained and you don’t wanna do anything, always remember to give yourself time. My PO BOX:]
TLDR: HELGA SAYS IF YOU'RE FEELING A BURN OUT FROM WORK - TAKE A DAY OFF
Kettlevision and Helga is killing two birds with one stone by chatting while she puts her face on.
"DO YOU KNOW WOT IZ A GUD SKILL TO LEARN? IS RECOGNISING WHEN YOU BURN OUT AND YOU NEED A REST AND ACTIN' UPON IT"
She's vlogging today because she wants to talk about burning out and resting.
She then rambles on about her childhood Disney mug, it was the one her mum used to bring her every morning with a cup of tea in. (Yikes. This would explain why her boyfriends HAVE to bring her tea in the morning)
"EVERY NIGHT BEFORE I GOT TO BED SHE'D SAYS SEE YOU IN THE MORNING WITH A NICE CUP OF TEA AND A BISCUIT... I SAY THAT TO FIWL AND HE DOESN'T UNDERSTANDS THE BISCUIT PART"
She says she has "floaty stuff" in her exfoliator and she doesn't know what it is
Anyway, she's going to share her experiences with feeling exhausted and how to try and deal with it "guilt-free"
"EVERYTHING I SAY IS MY OPINION AND MY EXPERIENCE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE RELEVANT FOR SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE... BECAUSE I'M SELF EMPLOYED... I'M A CREATOOOOOOR "
"I'M A CREATIVE PERSON, I HAVE A CREATIVE JOB" (she's not creative she just rips off other people's ideas)
She tells us to apply what we like from what she says, with a pinch of salt and only if we agree.
She says she's trying to learn the balance of how much work she can get done and how much she can do in a day without burning out.
She says that yesterday she took a day off because she felt like she deserved it and that she needed one.
"LIKE A PROPER DAY OFF, LIKE IM NOT DOING ANYFING FOR ANYONE. ONLY MYSELF"
Says she usually enjoys being busy so being like that is rare.
"SOMETIMES IT JUST NICE HAVING A ME DAY"
"JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE FREE DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE AVAILABLE"
She says that recently she's been really busy with creating a lot of content, she's been doing a lot of sponsored stuff, been doing a lot of band stuff as well as trying to keep up with all the hobbies that she loves, all while trying to do stuff to the house and the garden.
She says she was being naughty and working into in the evening from her laptop.
She was on her phone a lot, saying yes to a lot of things and doing them straight away.
Being here there and everywhere.
Says she felt great being busy
"I WOZ STICKIN' TO MA SCHEDULE... WELL, I WOZN'T COZ I WOZ WORKING WENEVA"
She claims she was failing at giving herself "off-time"
"AND THEN THE INEVITABLE HAPPENED..."
Easter happened, she had her mates over and she was busy getting ready for that and was all excited but because she had work stuff to do too, the poor baby couldn't relax and enjoy her Easter time.
She didn't feel like she had a break, she felt stressed
"AND THEN ON GOOD MONDAY.... I SPENT THE DAY CHILLING.... BUT BECAUSE I KNEW I HAD TO DRIVE DOWN TO WOKING TO DO A JOB... ON TUESDAY, I COULDN'T RELAX BECAUSE I KNEW I HAD SOMETHING TO DO"
Is this bitch seriously moaning about not relaxing over Easter...? She spent the day playing games and day drinking with Grace and Andy and the like....
She bangs on about the importance of sustaining a healthy work-life balance
"SOME PEOPLE LOVE WORKING ALL THE TIME. AND THAT'S KEWL AND THAT'S FINE. BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO STOP GLAMORISING THE HUSTLE"
She says that we need to stop making the hustle and working all hours of the day a thing to look up to.
"AND STOP LETTIN' OUR PERCEPTION OF WOT WE FINK OVAS FINK OF US, INFLUENCE HOW WE WORK AND WEN WE WORK..."
She says that she feels the pressure to work a lot and get lots done because SHE doesn't want people to think she's lazy, and she doesn't want people to think that she doesn't do anything for a living and that she doesn't deserve what she has because she hasn't worked hard for it....
(SPOILER HELGA: YOU ARE LAZY, YOUR JOB IS TO CREATE INTERNET POLLUTION: IE YOU DO NOTHING AND YOU DO NOT WORK HARD)
She always makes herself a ridiculously long list of things to do because she feels like she has to prove herself to someone.
She says that if someone asks for help and it's going to exhaust you or put you out, don't help them, don't say yes.
Says that if you are having intrusive thoughts about being lazy, remind yourself of all the things you've done that day and ask yourself "would an unproductive, lazy person do this?"
She realises what she just said.
"PLEASE DON'T THINK I'M TRYING TO MAKE LAZY A BAD THING..."
She says that it's just negative dialogue that's come from external sources.
She goes on about having to ask herself how long tasks should take her and working out if she has enough time to do them. (Same shit, different video)
"BACK TO DA POINT"
"THAT WOZ A TANGENT... BUT I FINK IT WOZ RELEVANT"
She basically wasn't enjoying anything and was struggling with needing a break and having loads of stuff to do and when she did the stuff she needed to do she didn't enjoy it because she felt like she should be resting and having a break now because it's all too much.
She took a break... wait she's saying this is a one day break she's talking about??? Fuck me.
So she took the day off, is calling that one day a break, and woke up this morning feeling refreshed and she's feeling like vlogging and is going to work intuitively and do what she wants to do today... just like she always fucking does.
She says luckily she hasn't got much on at the moment. (I don't get why she doesn't do herself a favour and book a few days or a week off then?)
She's using this less busy time to recharge.
(I'm honestly struggling to understand what about her job is so busy, she hasn't done many ads or sponsors, and she says IG vids take her 20 mins to make... she edits her videos in 30 mins...)
Says you have to take these opportunities when you can, when you have nothing on then use that time to recharge.
WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE SHE HAS SHIT ON HER FACE... THAT FUCKING TAN!!!!!!
She says that's her morning rant done.
She's going to finish getting ready and do some bits - wait now this video is turning into a vlog....
The quality of this shot:
Cut to DeeDee, Helga is out of shot, feeding the dogs. Helga asks herself what the food is "Chicken.... oh yummy!" (you just know the bitch has licked dog food off her finger)
We are still here with Diane.... this quality content of Helga saying "wait...wait...ah ah ah... wait... wait" over and over...
Helga is having porridge and she's trying not to eat all the chocolate from Easter.
She's in the office printing out labels for her prints that she's posting today
She's now ranting about Hermes not delivering her shit.
She's using Royal Mail now.
She's enjoying packing orders because she likes doing things that are physical. She describes it as "kewl"
She shuts the dogs away in their dog dungeon while she goes out to post her shite and get a Pret for lunch with Nicoletta and then skate
She keeps yelling at how nice Nicoletta's skates are and how she has to give them a feel
"I'M GUNNA PUT MA SCRUFFY OLD MOXI'S ON" She moans.
She said she hasn't skated in a week, the last time she went was last Wednesday with her niece - Helga was teaching her how to skate backwards.
Now we see Helga skating round and round, yelling "woo" and screaming when she almost falls
"GOING BACKWARDS JUST FEELS LIKE THE COOOOOOLEST THING IN THE WORLD!"
She yells at Nicoletta to practice going backwards with her
"PRACTICE, BITCH!!!!!"
I think you need to practice your social distancing skillz, Helga.
Another friend comes to join them
"AMY!!!!" Yells Helga. We hear about Amy's massage and something that she put in the bin. I dunno why we're hearing parts of this conversation...
She mentions to her mate that she had to go away to do a job and that she had to do a covid test before she went and that she had to have a letter to give to the hotel
She then says that it was a proper production and that it's all above board... sure that's why they lied about giving everyone covid tests and told the influencers that they only had to wear masks and look like they were social distancing when the cameras were rolling... all above board, my fucking arse.
She says that she was really nervous about going out of Norwich for the job and not being in her normal bubble (OH FUCK OFF HELEN)
She says as soon as she was out of the county she was like "YEAHHHHH! I'M TRAVELLING!!!!"
Says it was nice to be around other people and feeling a level of normalness.
Home time now and fuck me what the fuck is at her table... oh it's Fiwl - always on that fucking phone.
Helga is telling him which image to post on his IG
She's got a fan letter through her POO BOX and has to read it out to Fiwl who looks like he couldn't give a shite.
She almost dips the t-shirt she got from her POO BOX in her tea.
She got a t-shirt that says happy days..
"YOU SHOULD WEAR THAT ONE - YOU ALWAYS SAY HAPPY DAYS!!"
(I cannot stop staring at Fiwl's chin... has it always been this long?!)
Fiwl is proper smiling because he has got a box through Helga's POO BOX
Oh, it's his #AD moment - he's prepared a speech, and is telling it to Helga like she's not heard it before.... THIS ACTING IS WEIRD.
The company randomly "reached out" to him on IG and he gets Helga to read out the card... THIS IS WEIRD.
Helga is excited because they packed an aero chocolate bar in there.
She's going to steal that and some of his free T-shirts.
Fiwl isn't doing well at showing shit to the camera, so Helga has to grab the mug he got and bring it to the camera herself.
"IT'S SO OVERWHELMING HOW MUCH STUFF THE SENT ME!" Says Fiwl, he's loving the influencer life.
He's trying on the shirts now and Helga SCREAMS at him for wearing the one she wants. Fucking buy your own you fucking loser.
"THAT'S SO KEWL! KEWL!!!!"
Cut to dinner time.
Helga still has her fear of mushrooms and she's freaking out over a portabello mushroom
"OH, IT'S HUGE!"
She goes back to the topic of feeling better about having a day off yesterday and having a half-day today. She was resenting everything but now she's excited again.
Girl.... it was only one day off, it ain't that big of a fucking deal.
"HAVING TIME OFF IS LIKE WHEN YOU CAN COME AWAY FROM YOUR JOB AND NOT DO IT" well done, that is how time off from work works, Helga.
She moans about working over the weekend by vlogging and taking pictures and how she doesn't disconnect from work.
Cut to her showing us things growing in her garden and now she's off out to walk the dogs
Back home now, she's having dinner and cracking open a beer.
Fiwl's tidying up and she might have a bath, so naturally, we cut to Fiwl filming her in the bath. WHY DO WE NEED TO SEE THIS?!
We have to see this because she filled up the bath too much and can't move.
She shoves her face into the bubbles, like a child
And now she's... yeah... she's drunk isn't she?
She's inhaling bubbles and spitting them out in her bath.
She quotes King Curtis - her fav child from wife swap.
Dogs are being let out for wee-wees and then are being shut into their dog dungeon while Helga gets into bed with an ice cream
Now she's going to say goodbye with an extreme close up of her licking the ice cream.
wonder how many people she's got coming over this time? She's mixing with as many people as she possibly can 
obsessed with 
then onto Starbucks and McDonald's to get snacks for the journey home.
