Hey folks! Daily social media is part of my routine to spread the word about what I’m working on. It’s awesome to see everyone’s wins—it lights a fire under me. But then I hit overdrive and burn out. Takes me weeks to feel normal again. Does this happen to you? How do you keep up your energy?
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Don’t hit overdrive.
Go through the exact same thing! The first comment describes what I do even if I still feel guilty. Working on it
I enjoy things like yoga, exercise, and movies or shows since they’re very immersive and almost make you kind of forget yourself. Art is also great. Anything like painting, wood working, crotchet, cycling, playing music, photography, ceramics, exercise hiking. All these are great ways to not only relax but also encourage the other side of your brain that’s less “organizational/logical” and more free and creative, altogether important for healing and replenishing just as sleep. For example, you can even join local groups or classes for something related to this so you reeeeally go for a ride every week. I know of many adults that attend ceramics or art classes or even languages at colleges to unwind in free time as an enriching activity. If you have the means, go to a spa weekly to get your skin taken care of or a nice massage. Stuff like that You’re not “thinking”/producing, you’re just letting yourself be taken for a ride in the activity. Just live lol it’s not all work, do your normal free time life just give it it’s time daily.
In other words whatever activities during which your mind goes blank or silent are good, ideally tending toward artistic can be very “therapeutic” and relaxing for the mind
Thank you so much for the great advice!
I’m trying to schedule more concerts and comedy shows to go to for mini built in breaks from work. that’s been my go to lately and it’s seeming to help.
Consistent sleep & exercise are my #1 combo.
Trying to stand back 2x daily to take a 50,000 view of the plan and success so far, and what’s ahead. A pulse. It makes the daily issues feel less anxiety stoking, for me anyway.
Automate or delegate nearly all duties not in my zone of genius. I like talking to people, coaching, solving problems. I can’t stand admin, writing long reports, accounting (I’m actually a CA / CPA from Deloitte ironically).
Married someone organized who stays home with the kids and organizes all the family activities.
I overwork myself a lot, so I learned to give myself time off, basically I say that tomorrow I will not do anything useful or productive, the day will be for doing things that I enjoy no matter how guilty I feel about it
x2. You have to. I think I hurt myself a few weeks ago, and now I basically just say, “I’m not going to push today. Sacrificing my mental health isn’t worth it.”
I can relate to this. I rarely give myself a day not to be doing things, when there are things that need to be done, and there are always things that need to be done
Great! However, my mindset doesn’t allow me to spend time on unproductive things. If I did, I would only become more fearful.
No solution then
Schedule your SM and walk away. Simple
You know it is tough, especially when you’re trying to grow your business and feel like you can’t take a day off. I just posted about this on my socials about how I took a day off just to play with my kids.
What has helped me is just making a weekly schedule and daily plan on what I need to do for social. This way I know exactly what I need to do each day to move the needle and when I am done, I don’t have to feel the guilt that I should be doing more. This gives me permission for family time, exercise or doing something totally different with my time.
It is a grind, but that is what works for me.
Wow! Super…
Delete TikTok and Instagram, might look like a small step but it plays a huge impact, Just login when you need to, but delete it after using. All junk habits are junk because they are easily attainable without effort. Did this last year and life has been much better
I just quit it before a couple of years and also my average screen time is ~1hr.
I am doing better this year compared to last year. My only stress/fear is I’m competing in a well-saturated market.
Brand building burnout is very common and even I am not different.
I am using my experience in tech to automate the social media mainly Twitter using AI to build brands and get more done in less time.
You should focus on important parts and take frequent breaks.
Brand building is not a sprint but marathon 🤯
Thank you for the insights.
Not possible