Hi Lucy, let's start with this: I am blown away by your application of the flash snapshot aesthetic to your Kit-Cat clock, and how that evokes a vibe that perfectly matches the burnout quashing theme of your post. Merely the conceptual consideration of this one photo is inspirational. We happen to have a Kit-Cat clock over here so I'm going to team up with my kids to take some pics of it, and I promise we will give you a shout out.
Then, the video in which you share your mistakes, thank you for doing that. I just finished Mindset by Carol Dweck. Sharing mistakes, learning from them, comfort with the mistakes one makes and the mistakes of others, and the educational opportunities they inspire is a key foundational principle presented in the book. And this is something to be applied in many embodiments: working with colleagues, helping your kids to learn, reviewing one's own goals and progress, you name it. Dweck emphasizes acknowledging mistakes are part of the growth process, and so thank you for happening to reinforce that right after I finished the book.
Finally, I love the more specific online schedule idea. I already set app usage limits. But the idea to have a specific day not only for writing a post but replying to comments is really helpful. Cheers.
Wow 😮 thank you so much this is such a lovely comment and great feedback. I’m very very interested in this book you’ve just finished. I’ve written it on my “to read list” and I’m looking forward to it.
Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts. Lucy x
Thank you for sharing Lucy! I felt anxious about posting my art online for a while and then I stopped posting and I felt even more anxious about not posting. The second I posted something I was on my phone checking how people reacted to my art and it became very unhealthy. Reading your article I realized I had a little online burnout.
So here I am. I haven't shared anything for a year. But sometimes breaks are good! I will be implementing your tips into my life, because I still want to share my work.
"It’s Okay To Just Do One Thing" — i think this applies to all of our passion projects, too. that's where i feel burnout the most (i stopped taking the internet seriously about a decade ago, lol).
Exactly Tom! And you are so right about family/parenting and all that comes with that is more or less like a job. It’s obviously a wonderful privilege too but that doesn’t mean it’s a juggle and sometimes a struggle too. 1 year old is cute but full on - mine is four now and it’s a lot easier in some ways. Thanks for reading
Loved this! I’ve been thinking a lot about burnout recently, mostly in my everyday life, but I’m not naive to think that my online presence also contributes to my general burnout. I love the idea of having set times to engage in socials, and I also think that bringing the idea of batch cooking into batch cooking content, as such, is equally as important. I’ve been trying to take that skill into my YouTube a lot more recently and, whilst I can’t always find the time to batch film and edit, I know that it takes a lot of stress away when I do.
Thank you for reading sweet Sophia! You do many wonderful things and are so talented so I can imagine you have experienced burnout trying to balance it all. I love how driven you are and how much you have diversified your income as a creative too! Thanks for reading and I hope this year can bring you some more batch creating ops to take the pressure off - keep smashing it!
Hi Lucy, let's start with this: I am blown away by your application of the flash snapshot aesthetic to your Kit-Cat clock, and how that evokes a vibe that perfectly matches the burnout quashing theme of your post. Merely the conceptual consideration of this one photo is inspirational. We happen to have a Kit-Cat clock over here so I'm going to team up with my kids to take some pics of it, and I promise we will give you a shout out.
Then, the video in which you share your mistakes, thank you for doing that. I just finished Mindset by Carol Dweck. Sharing mistakes, learning from them, comfort with the mistakes one makes and the mistakes of others, and the educational opportunities they inspire is a key foundational principle presented in the book. And this is something to be applied in many embodiments: working with colleagues, helping your kids to learn, reviewing one's own goals and progress, you name it. Dweck emphasizes acknowledging mistakes are part of the growth process, and so thank you for happening to reinforce that right after I finished the book.
Finally, I love the more specific online schedule idea. I already set app usage limits. But the idea to have a specific day not only for writing a post but replying to comments is really helpful. Cheers.
Wow 😮 thank you so much this is such a lovely comment and great feedback. I’m very very interested in this book you’ve just finished. I’ve written it on my “to read list” and I’m looking forward to it.
Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts. Lucy x
Thank you for sharing Lucy! I felt anxious about posting my art online for a while and then I stopped posting and I felt even more anxious about not posting. The second I posted something I was on my phone checking how people reacted to my art and it became very unhealthy. Reading your article I realized I had a little online burnout.
So here I am. I haven't shared anything for a year. But sometimes breaks are good! I will be implementing your tips into my life, because I still want to share my work.
Thank you for this article! Really helpful as I'm feeling burnt out at the moment.
"It’s Okay To Just Do One Thing" — i think this applies to all of our passion projects, too. that's where i feel burnout the most (i stopped taking the internet seriously about a decade ago, lol).
Always appreciate you commenting and reading - thank you. Yes one thing is great - on or offline!
Nice article! I do love the lighting on your indoor pics. What flash you using in the write up?
Hey Fred! Thanks - these were taken a while back with my yashica T4 so just the built in flash 📸
I love the idea of splitting life burnout and online burnout.
I find having a 1 year old you really do have a split with things that could happen that would be nice vs things that HAVE to happen.
Taking 10 days off work over Easter is actually just turning off 1 job and still having the full time other job of being a dad.
It’s also a tough balance where the online stuff will be the first to switch off when things happen in real life and need to take much more priority.
Exactly Tom! And you are so right about family/parenting and all that comes with that is more or less like a job. It’s obviously a wonderful privilege too but that doesn’t mean it’s a juggle and sometimes a struggle too. 1 year old is cute but full on - mine is four now and it’s a lot easier in some ways. Thanks for reading
Loved this! I’ve been thinking a lot about burnout recently, mostly in my everyday life, but I’m not naive to think that my online presence also contributes to my general burnout. I love the idea of having set times to engage in socials, and I also think that bringing the idea of batch cooking into batch cooking content, as such, is equally as important. I’ve been trying to take that skill into my YouTube a lot more recently and, whilst I can’t always find the time to batch film and edit, I know that it takes a lot of stress away when I do.
Thanks for a great read!
Thank you for reading sweet Sophia! You do many wonderful things and are so talented so I can imagine you have experienced burnout trying to balance it all. I love how driven you are and how much you have diversified your income as a creative too! Thanks for reading and I hope this year can bring you some more batch creating ops to take the pressure off - keep smashing it!