By Judith Orloff — 2013
Fatigue is lethal to inspiration. Avoid anyone who drains. Go towards energy hot spots in your job—people and activities—so your time is skewed towards inspiration.
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A few months and many deaths ago, I woke up exhausted, again. Every morning, I felt like I was rebuilding myself from the ground up. Waking up was hard. Getting to my desk to write was hard. Taking care of my body was hard. Remembering the point of it all was hard.
As we peer around the corner of the pandemic, let’s talk about what we want to do—and not do—with the rest of our lives.
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After nearly a year of dealing with this pandemic, I decided it was time to reach out to my community to discuss the challenges we were all facing. The biggest challenge being burnout.
The pandemic has pushed many to the brink. But although we're exhausted and overwhelmed, some experts say we're not actually as burned out as we may think.
Creativity is fragile: it needs to be fed enough inspiration, but not too much, for consuming an excessive amount of information may destroy its delicate balance. It needs space to grow, but should not be forced, for mechanical work may lead to lifeless output.
You have to “turn it off” to “turn it on” when it matters most.
Creative burnout can happen to all of us, even those who consider themselves naturally creative people.
So making songs now that I know aren’t going to be heard by anybody else, it is an interesting thing. Because I think you have to do that now as an artist. I really do. —Donald Glover, Grantland interview
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