Six Figures In School Hours Episode:
Hello, my name is Kate Toon, a business mentor, digital marketing coach, and an okayish parent.
As a fellow human trying to balance parenting and running a business, I know how hard it can be, and I wanted to share some tips I’ve picked up along the way. These are shorter, snappier episodes to give you quick wins in your day.
Following on from our previous tip about burnout, I want to give you some tips on how to avoid burnout, or recover if you've been through it.
The stages of burnout
Now that I’ve listed them out, the signs of burnout might seem obvious. But in my experience, it kinda sneaks up on you. For me the phases run something like this:
1. Buoyant phase: I’m full of energy, optimism and enthusiasm.
2. A whiff of stress phase: The buoyancy dwindles, and I start to feel a slight edge of stress. I find it a little harder to focus, I jump from task to task, and I find myself waking up during the night.
3. Full-on stress phase: I feel stressed most of the time, get snappy with my family, burst into tears, and find it hard to work through anything for longer than 20 minutes.
4. Burnout phase: This is when I’ve reached my limit and I’m obsessing over everything. The self-doubt is high, and I start to get headaches, tummy upsets, and a tight feeling in my chest.
5. Ongoing burnout: I know that if I start feeling this way and don’t make change, I could sink into genuine depression, and my family and business life would start to suffer.
Catch the episode to hear how I deal with these stages.
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