Avoiding Burnout

Yesterday, I posted
about how I try
every day
to progress
toward key goals.

Every day?
You exclaim.
What about burnout?
Won’t I burnout
if I work every day?

Do your lungs
burnout
because they breathe
every day?

(shakes head)

The brutal truth is…
business builders
don’t get days
completely off
work.

We can plan
for a day off
but emergencies happen
and we have to deal
with those situations.

There is also
so much sh*t to do.
Taking a day off
often leads
to overworking other days.

Our ‘days off’
often consist
of a much lighter
work load
and/or
completing different tasks.

I save ‘fun’ tasks
for my ‘days off.’

Today, for example,
I’m deciding on a name
for my heroine.
I’m writing this blog post.
I’m revising a short story.

Avoiding burnout
doesn’t have to mean
avoiding the business
or not working at all.