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Creative burnout is very common among writers, artists, and other creative people. These emotional self-care tips have helped me practice self-care as a writer.<\/em><\/p>\n Creative burnout is not just about writer\u2019s block<\/a>\u00a0but tends to include physical and mental exhaustion, as well as other burnout symptoms, such as depression and other ailments.<\/p>\n These signs of burnout syndrome<\/a> \u2013 including emotional burnout (emotional exhaustion) and mental burnout (mental exhaustion) – should never be ignored.<\/p>\n Before you read further, keep in mind that if you\u2019re experiencing physical and mental exhaustion and feel burned out at work, you must consult a physician<\/strong> to help you deal with your health concerns.<\/p>\n Also, please keep in mind that everyone’s experience is different. We all experience and interpret the world differently. Your experience may not be the same as mine.<\/p>\n Some of these self-care tips may work for you, while others may not. As Bruce Lee said, take what works and discard the rest.<\/p>\n Practicing self-care is not about taking long baths and massages. For your self-care plans to be truly effective, you must incorporate spiritual, mental, and emotional healing<\/a>, as well as holistic self-care practices into your lifestyle.<\/p>\n As a creative person, you put a lot of spiritual, mental, and emotional energy into the creative process. To replenish yourself, you need to take care of yourself, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, so that your body, mind, and spirit feel renewed every day.<\/p>\n Trying to create without connecting to your source of creative energy (Spirit, Source, or whatever you want to call it) is like trying to use a vacuum cleaner without plugging it in.<\/p>\n “When something really really really matters to you, let it go! Say to the universe: You know what I want. Give it to me in the path of least resistance. Give it to me the easiest way possible. Give it to me in any way I can get it.” ~ Abraham Hicks<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n It can be devastating for a creative person to feel burned out to the point where they cannot work. But, the best way to deal with creative burnout is to prevent it before it happens.<\/p>\n Although this may sound frustrating to those who feel like they\u2019re on a hamster wheel, running in place despite working harder than ever, there are proven ways to prevent burnout.<\/p>\n In this self-care guide, I’ve listed the self-care tips I’ve used and continue to find useful to help me prevent creative burnout as a writer.<\/p>\n Having dealt with burnout several times over the years, I\u2019ve learned to watch out for the early signs of burnout. I also learned several emotional self-care practices that help prevent burnout before it overtakes me.<\/p>\n I hope these self-care practices will prove useful to you in preventing and dealing with burnout, so you can nurture your creativity for a lifetime.<\/p>\n At the spiritual level, burnout is symptomatic of a lack of belief in Universal abundance and flow. In terms of burnout psychology, I see this as a limiting belief that we need to struggle or work hard<\/a> to get through life.<\/p>\n “Struggle doesn\u2019t make success happen. In fact, struggle can prevent success from happening. If you seek struggle, you will find it. if you seek ease, you will find it.” ~ Rich Fettke, Success Coach & Author<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The proof that this is a false belief is in the evidence that most people who seem to attract abundance effortlessly don\u2019t even work that hard; while those who work three jobs to make ends meet barely eke out a living.<\/p>\n What it is that makes it easy for some people to manifest monetary abundance<\/a> easily while others struggle through life? The answer lies in your beliefs<\/strong>!<\/p>\n Whatever is showing up (or not showing up) in your life right now will tell you what limiting beliefs<\/a> you have.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat you are living is the evidence of what you are thinking and feeling \u2013 every single time.\u201d ~ Abraham Hicks<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Are you manifesting struggle, hardship, and burnout? Do you find it hard to make money with ease, joy, and flow? That\u2019s an indication you have a limiting belief that “life is supposed to be hard, and it takes hard work to manifest anything.”<\/p>\n To me, this limiting belief represents a lack of trust in the Universe or a lack of faith in your ability to tune into and allow that Universal source of well-being and abundance that we all have access to.<\/p>\n “Like the air you breathe, abundance in all things is available to you. Your life will simply be as good as you allow it to be.” ~ Abraham Hicks<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n But it\u2019s not your fault. Most of us were brought up with some form of lackful beliefs around money, that prevented us from attracting abundance with ease, flow, and joy.<\/p>\n These false beliefs are why we end up feeling overwhelmed when life\u2019s challenges, particularly around money and abundance, tend to wear us down.<\/p>\n For example, if you have any of these limiting beliefs around money, you will probably struggle to attract material abundance<\/a> into your life.<\/p>\n You may recognize one or more of these false beliefs about money in yourself and your parents. They may be preventing you from attracting abundance into your life more easily and consistently.<\/p>\n “If you accept a limiting belief, then it will become a truth for you.” ~ Louise Hay<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Then again, your limiting beliefs<\/a> may have more to do with a lack of deservedness and self-worth, or unprocessed negative emotions like anger, shame, and grief, that keep you trapped in a lower vibration and prevent you from allowing abundance into your life.<\/p>\n The good thing is that our minds work like computer programs. Once you know what your limiting beliefs are<\/a>, you can reprogram your mind to rewrite the old programs and beliefs that are holding you back.<\/p>\n Yes, you can actually update your brain’s outdated operating system by reframing limiting beliefs<\/a> to install more empowering beliefs that raise your vibration and allow the abundance you desire to flow into your life, easily and effortlessly.<\/p>\n “I do not fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves.” ~ Louise Hay<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I have found that, if you fail to start clearing limiting beliefs<\/a>, anything else you do is like putting a Band-Aid on a festering wound. It may give you temporary relief, but will never heal fully.<\/p>\n Change Limiting Beliefs<\/a><\/strong> is an audio hypnosis session that will undo the spell of those old negative messages, wherever they came from.<\/p>\n Here are some abundance resources that helped me identify my own abundance blocks, and reprogram my mind to attract abundance with ease and joy.<\/p>\n No matter how hard your financial situation is, these resources will help you overcome your scarcity mindset<\/a>, and start believing you can achieve the prosperity you desperately desire.<\/p>\n One enduring image that comes to mind, when I’m faced with something overwhelming, is how Scarlett O’Hara (Margaret Mitchell’s fictional character in Gone With The Wind<\/a>) would just say, \u201cI can’t think about that right now. If I do, I’ll go crazy. I’ll think about that tomorrow.”<\/p>\n As an Aries, I can relate.<\/p>\n \u201cI can’t think about that right now. If I do, I’ll go crazy. I’ll think about that tomorrow.\u201d ~ Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind<\/p><\/blockquote>\n If you keep giving attention to the problem<\/a> and focusing on it, you’ll only continue to give more energy to the problem and keep it active in your vibration.<\/p>\n To feel relief, you need to take your attention away from the problem and focus on the solution instead. Or, remember that famous quote by Albert Einstein, “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”<\/p>\n “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” ~ Albert Einstein<\/p><\/blockquote>\n When you feel overwhelmed, it’s usually because you’re preoccupied with all the things that need your attention right now. Law of Attraction teacher, Abraham-Hicks<\/a>, refers to this sensation as a bottleneck.<\/p>\n Overwhelm occurs when you have a strong desire, but do not allow the fullness of that desire to flow. It’s like a crimp in a hose: the energy is flowing, but you’re stopping it, causing pressure to build up.<\/p>\n “Be less intensely focused on the problem or the question, and feel more anticipation of the solution and the answer.” ~ Abraham-Hicks<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n You can relieve this pressure by quieting your mind, pivoting your thoughts, and shifting your focus back toward your desire, instead of obsessing about the things that overwhelm you.<\/p>\n Take things one step at a time, and focus only on the step you need to do now, instead of the things that feel overwhelming.<\/p>\n “Alignment trumps everything. Stay off the subject that disturbs your alignment, and everything that you are about will come into alignment.” ~ Abraham Hicks<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n In the book, Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires<\/a><\/strong> by Esther and Jerry Hicks, you’ll discover 22 powerful processes to help you go with the positive flow of life, and understand how our lives are influenced by the Universal laws that govern our time-space reality.<\/p>\n Pandemic burnout was exacerbated by job burnout which increased by 75% during COVID-19. Working from home blurred the lines between working online and just being online, resulting in longer hours and increased employee burnout.<\/p>\n A toxic, stressful workplace is also a major factor in work burnout.\u00a0In fact, occupational burnout is so well documented, that it can be measured by a psychological assessment instrument called the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)<\/a> comprising 22 burnout symptoms.<\/p>\n Working in a toxic or stressful workplace is not healthy for anyone. Toxic workplaces generate negative energy and constant stress creates mental and emotional exhaustion. They will make you feel burned out, even if you\u2019re not putting in that many hours.<\/p>\n This extends to the remote workplace as well. Stress burnout symptoms don\u2019t just include emotional and mental exhaustion. The signs of burnout at work include physical symptoms of burnout, such as fatigue and stress-related ailments.<\/p>\n Doing a Free Personality Test<\/strong><\/a> will help you sort hundreds of career paths by your unique personality match, salary, and education, and learn the common patterns between the types of careers that fit you well and those that don’t.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re planning to switch jobs or start a new job, assess the work atmosphere in your first days or weeks of working there, just the way you would size up a new partner you were dating.<\/p>\n How do they behave on conference calls? Are the employees unmotivated and disengaged? Are there signs of rudeness, disrespect, or sarcasm? Do they expect you to work after hours?<\/p>\n Spot the red flags and quit before these stressors start to affect you too. There are many organizations out there that are very supportive of their teams and treat their people well.<\/p>\n “Self-care is the greatest middle finger of all time.” ~ Unknown<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n If you work from home, use these Feng Shui tips<\/a> to create a comfortable, uncluttered home office that nurtures your spirit and creates energizing, positive vibes.<\/p>\n To attract your dream job, use these Law of Attraction manifesting techniques to manifest the perfect job<\/a> for you, and then take inspired action to make it happen.<\/p>\n When you ask for less than you deserve, you’ll work more hours for less pay, which is a surefire route to burnout. Many writers and creatives suffer from this tendency, which reflects a lack of self-worth<\/a> and deservedness, imposter syndrome, and other limiting beliefs about what you can and should ask for.<\/p>\n “Know your worth, and then make sure to add tax.” ~ Unknown<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n As creatives, we must stop making excuses for getting paid less, which will keep us poor, hustling, and feeling burned out. Some of these excuses may look like this:<\/p>\n Frankly, if all your writer friends are insolvent, you need new friends! After all, we’re the sum of the people we’re closest to; remaining in an environment where everyone has the same limiting beliefs around money and abundance<\/a> will prevent you from growing.<\/p>\n The abundance mindset exercises above will help you overcome these excuses and start believing in your deservedness. But you must also learn to assert yourself and negotiate for better pay<\/a>, more time off, or better perks.<\/p>\n “Burnout is about resentment. Preventing it is about knowing yourself well enough to know what it is you\u2019re giving up that makes you resentful.” ~ Marissa Mayer<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Don\u2019t worry about sounding arrogant or entitled, and stop needing people to like you. It\u2019s not selfish to ask for what you deserve; and if you feel that it is, you need to work on that limiting belief.<\/p>\n Charge What You’re Worth<\/strong><\/a> is an audio hypnosis session that will take you deep into your core values and self-understanding and help you transform your perspective on trading your goods and services for a return commensurate with their value.<\/p>\n This may seem like common sense, but if you haven\u2019t learned how to ask for what you deserve, it\u2019s very easy to take on too much work and end up feeling burnt out, especially as a freelancer.<\/p>\n If you find it hard to say no to people who push more work on you, the Saying No Hypnosis Session<\/a><\/strong> will help you remain calm and relaxed, avoid being rushed into making decisions you’ll regret, or agree to do work that will result in you being over-stretched and exhausted.<\/p>\n It doesn’t matter whether you need the money to pay the bills, save for a rainy day, build a nest egg, or take that holiday you\u2019ve been longing to take; taking on more work only to feel burned out is just not worth it.<\/p>\n “No one on his deathbed ever said, I wish I had spent more time at the office.” ~ Paul Tsongas, Politician<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Instead, you can find a job or start a business that allows you to work less and get paid more, whether you\u2019re an employee, solopreneur, or entrepreneur.<\/p>\n And yes, this is absolutely possible! In fact, there are many people, like Tim Ferris, the bestselling author of The 4-Hour Work Week<\/a><\/strong>, who are living their dream life while making a very good living.<\/p>\n The trick is to believe<\/strong> (that being the operative word) that this is possible for you; and that you deserve to have an easier, more abundant life filled with joy and fun.<\/p>\n Because as long as you believe that it\u2019s not possible, or that you don\u2019t deserve it, you won\u2019t be able to create it for yourself! So open your mind to the possibility of learning from others already doing it themselves.<\/p>\n “The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.” ~ Chinese Proverb<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n To prosper in your creative career, spend your attention on high-value tasks. You’ll find several ways to save time and effort in the tips below:<\/p>\n Pacing myself is a self-care practice that I learned rather late in life. I used to sit for hours at the computer without taking a break, lost in my work until I started experiencing fatigue and mental burnout.<\/p>\n Now I\u2019ve learned to take plenty of breaks to refresh my mind and focus on what I need to do next. I also keep a sipper bottle handy to stay hydrated.<\/p>\n In between, I watch a movie, listen to a meditation or motivational audio, watch funny videos on Facebook, or just chill with my dog – who also functions as my alarm clock –\u00a0 forcing me to take breaks when she demands my attention.<\/p>\n You may find the Pomodoro Technique<\/a> useful in helping you take regular breaks. Set your watch, Smartphone, or kitchen timer to break work into intervals, typically 25 minutes, separated by short breaks.<\/p>\n As described by Julia Cameron in her seminal work, The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity<\/a><\/strong>, morning pages<\/strong> are a daily stream-of-consciousness therapeutic journaling habit that is done first thing in the morning.<\/p>\n The goal is to wake up, open a self-care workbook or journal, and write three pages of longhand about any thoughts that come to mind without censorship.<\/p>\n This self-care practice is taken from Julia\u2019s life-changing 12-week program<\/a>, which millions of people have found an invaluable guide to unblocking their creativity and living the artist\u2019s life.<\/p>\n I was guided to this book only recently, and have just started on my 12-week morning pages practice. But ever since I added it to my morning self-care routine, I\u2019ve realized so many areas where I have creative blocks.<\/p>\n The Tapping into Creativity series<\/a><\/strong> by EFT master practitioner, Brad Yates, follows the 12-week creative recovery course in The Artist\u2019s Way. You can also check out his free EFT videos<\/a> here.<\/p>\n Amy B. Scher\u2019s program on How to Shift from Depression to Creative Expression<\/a><\/strong> is another program that will help you get through your blocks and boost your creativity with exercises and energy practices.<\/p>\n![\"dream](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogbrandz.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/dream-life-book.jpg?resize=975%2C510&ssl=1\" "\\"\\"")
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#1. Bolster your belief in abundance<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n#2. Take your attention away from the problem<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n#3. Choose your workplace consciously<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n#4. Ask for what you deserve<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n#5. Don’t take on more than you can handle<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n#6. Pace yourself & take breaks<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n#7. Do the morning pages<\/h3>\n
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