Building Your Burnout Safety Net

Many Entrepreneurs find themselves more prone to burnout than the average person. There is always work to do, and being natural high achievers, we always want to do our best and succeed. But at what cost to our physical, mental and emotional health?

Some Neurodiverse traits can also bring with them unhealthy patterns of boom and bust when it comes to productivity, accomplishment, and pacing (or lack of). The constant chase for the dopamine hit means that there is always just a bit more work to be done, or there's always an extra goal to hit. Whatever work you do, it can feel like it's never enough. This constant chase for reward can turns your dreams into nightmares if it creates a perpetual burnout cycle that ends up on rinse and repeat.

Recognising your early warning signs is vital, along with building your own burnout safety net. So that should you find yourself heading towards burnout (or you’ve already hit it), that you have your own personal toolkit in place ready to start rebuilding your health and wellbeing. I share my burnout cycles over the last 25 years, as well as the foundational systems and plans that I use to rebuild from the ground up, whenever I find myself in or teetering on burnout. Which unfortunately seems to be a regular thing.

Acknowledging your personality and character traits is a huge step towards managing the self-sabotage cycle. And then having these systems in place in advance, is a great way to catch yourself should you fall.

About Nic:

I'm Nic Davies, The Mental Load Mentor. I help business owners get life organised at home, so they can reclaim their headspace, time and energy needed to grow and run a successful business.

I've navigated through adverse times with hard-hitting curveballs that have forced me to re-assess the importance of self-care and having firm boundaries in place, as well as becoming more organised in the day-to-day running of home, business, and life in general.

My mission is to make sure that everyone has an equal opportunity to create a business they love, without feeling held back by household obligations, or adversity. Drawing upon a diverse range of life experience, I'm building an online community that supports anyone who is struggling to balance home life and business together.

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