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Understand your limitations (and take advantage of them)

Burnout occurs when job demands consistently outweigh the resources available.

In other words, are you trying to squeeze too much out of the limited time/energy/motivation you have? If so, the first thing you need to do is to set proper limits.

While this might sound like a scary proposition for your post-burnout brain (that’s so used to taking on everything) limitations can be creatively empowering.

Research has found , when people face scarcity in resources “they give themselves the freedom to use resources in less conventional ways – because they have to.”

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