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108 SPOTLIGHT MAGAZINE ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • VOL 24 ISSUE 5 My business is my baby, so I did everything in my power to stay strong for it. I was never one to shut my computer off at 5pm on the dot and end my workday. But soon, that drive to keep going turned to I couldn’t wait until the workday finished. We were in the middle of raising investment and the constant barrage of hearing no after no was weighing on me. We had plans to grow the company even faster but with the economic turmoil, investors liked what we were doing but weren’t writing cheques. There were days when 5pm couldn’t come soon enough so I could escape the beatings I felt like I was taking day in and day out. creeping, I mean they affected other parts of my life long before my business. I can’t pinpoint exactly when it started but if I had to guess, signs began when I no longer had the energy to workout in the mornings. I was a bit more tired than usual and wanted the extra bit of shuteye. Then, my daily morning meditation and manifestations also went to the wayside. But not completely. I was still aware I needed those and tried to sneak it in when I had the willpower to do so. Because I wasn’t working out as much, I let myself slide in the meal department and started eating worse, not paying attention to nutrition as much as I used to. The burnout wasn’t in full swing yet, but it was coming, and looking back the signs were obvious, only I couldn’t see them.
Looking back on the other side of burnout, I realize that the no’s felt like beatdowns because my positive mindset had escaped me. I would still repeat my optimistic mantras to myself, but I stopped believing them. This was scary to me, as I am always the most positive person in the room; Shove something negative in my face and I will find a way to spin it to have good meaning. My optimism is my superpower and the more I felt it fading the sadder I became. Luckily, I started realizing that’s all that burnout is. A mindset problem. A mindset problem that creeps into your thoughts, your actions, and your lifestyle until you’re stuck in a cycle of not knowing how to get off the never- ending loop of doom. You feel tired because you don’t move your body as much and you don’t move your body as much because you feel tired. You get so bogged down by hearing No’s
“It crept up, slowly but
surely, finding its way into my life, unwanted and confusing.”
“My business is my baby, so I did everything in my power to stay strong for it.”
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