Stop Worrying About Burnout….

….FIX IT!

Dinosaurs DIED out — they didn’t BURN out…

NOTE: This really a dialogue with myself that I am foolishly writing about here..

Not sure why I was thinking about this so much (besides the fact that I am suffering from burnout) but I did just have to give myself a little “pep talk” about allowing myself to believe that burnout was even an option.

And then I had to do more self-correction. Burnout is ALWAYS an option…

I like to believe that all of life is an option. I can choose what I allow to happen to “DEW” (that’s me… just in case you were scratching your head)…

I do consider the head-game to be the hardest part about obsession. When you move fast and hard in controversial places, you have to have a thick skin and an even stronger mind. You really have to know why what you are doing is so important… in spite of having that belief system questioned incessantly.

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INSIGHTS: Allowing burnout to turn you into a “mental vegetable” is as silly as riding a motorcycle without a helmet. The wind rushing past your face may be an andrenaline rush, but one wrong move and you can be crippled for life…

See it, Feel it, Embrace it — then work to HEAL it. Most people give up before they burnout. That you are in this place means that you have fought harder and longer than most. But understand — that fact alone won’t save you! Stop worrying about burnout and FIX it.

Here are a few simple ways to get back on top of your A-Game:

• Declutter your brain — Take a walk and pick out the sounds around you. Try to isolate each sound by itself… You will have to forget about most of your stress to accomplish this task…
• Pick a sports hobby — Running, fighting, basketball, whatever it is — spend a few hours each week (each day if possible) involved in that activity… The mastery of self-fulfilment is powerful in building mental endurance…
• CHILL — Sometimes it helps to just do nothing… Do whatever you feel like doing: read a book, or share a joke, smoke a cigar… Don’t give yourself rules… (except that addictive or self-destructive behavior is not allowed…)

Burnout is real and poses a threat to every zealot… Stop worrying about it and FIX IT!

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For the phoenix to rise from the ashes
One must know the pain
To transform the fire to burning desire
–Mark Gorkin