A blog dedicated to recovering from burnout through coping, resilience, and a growth mindset

Growing from Ashes

Stress is…. Complicated
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Stress is…. Complicated

As someone who is well acquainted with stress, I haven’t understood it very well.

Turns out, stress is a hard construct to measure and fully explain.

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Free Haircuts!
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Free Haircuts!

Research shows that positive affect can co-occur with distress.

This means, some of our hardest experiences can also be filled with incredible amounts of meaning.

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Effort vs Achievement
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Effort vs Achievement

As someone who is recovering from burnout, I’ve had to admit that I’m terrible at effort management.

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Beating Burnout… Or at least trying to…
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Beating Burnout… Or at least trying to…

Burnout and grief suck…

I’ve been on a pretty good upswing for a while, but last week those emotions hit me again. I’m not even 100% sure what triggered them…

All I know is I woke up exhausted and that is the symptom that alerts me to a burnout relapse.

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Cultivating Culture
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Cultivating Culture

The best thing about our business was the culture we had created.

“From day one, I was very intentional about what it would be like to work for us, and I knew I didn’t want the work itself to dictate our atmosphere.”

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“The key to lifelong learning is to see everyone you meet as a potential teacher…”

— Adam Grant