Don’t Burn Out (Monday Inspiration)

Passion projects are intoxicating because they are so involved. You can be sucked into them and loose all sense of space and time. It is just you and the words, and your act of creation.

But remember to take a step back.

To breathe.

To give yourself time to recover.

Otherwise you’ll burn out.


First Posted in April 2020

Featured Photo by Julian Hochgesang on Unsplash


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