Here it is. Burnout. I’ve done it again, I’ve burnt myself out.
Leading up to this, I had spent a lot of time setting up boundaries, because I’ve had my fair share of burnout moments, as I’m sure a lot of us have. However, over the last 18 months, I’ve been all about growth in business. Typically, with that grind, I started moving those boundaries, to the point where I now have no clue where they are. I allowed the politics of recent events around my business play in my mind and eat me up to the point that I kicked a bin over, literally, and in hindsight, what the fuck for?
I recently listened to a conversation on Duayne Pearce’s Level-Up podcast that I really resonated with. I needed to hear this. But it’s only one ingredient to the recipe of getting my shit back in order. Get those stories out of my head, stop blaming the industry, and get back on with it!
Fortunately, as I mentioned, I’ve been here before, and I have the tools to get me back on track. I’ve reintroduced meditation of some form back into my daily routine, and I’m consciously trying to be more present in most moments. But generally speaking – I needed to stop procrastinating by going to site unnecessarily, being involved unnecessarily, and working late unnecessarily. I’m re-focusing on the things I can control within the business, making some solid changes internally, and re-creating more structure to bring more presence and peace into my days.
But my point of this post was to highlight how important conversations are around this kind of thing. That life’s tough, and sure we have our moments where we feel like we’re killing it and things are going well, but when you get to the bottom again, it’s tough getting out of it. This is just an honest reflection about life and business, and maybe some of you resonate with this too, and if you do, maybe it’s time to make some changes where you need also.
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