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Have you ever burnt yourself out as a freelancer and what steps do you take when and if burn out happens to you.
In a good few of our conversations it is quite clear that a lot of freelancers put in a huge amount of hours each day, often 7 days a week and 365 days a year.
We have had a few discussions about when freelancers take time off and times vary but one thing stays the same, we all go where we have an internet connection and we still put in some time even if it is just checking emails... so the truth is we never really switch off completely do we?
If I worked a 9 - 5 job I would get 3 weeks off over Christmas holidays which is the norm for a lot of corporate companies. The doors close for 3 weeks so there is no work to do.
How do you think this affects us long term as freelancers?
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When I feel like I'm getting burnt out I'll take a few days off and go on a fishing or camping trip. Nothing crazy, just out of state for a couple of days with the family. Last year I went down to visit my sister in Ohio for a few days with the family because it was my nephews birthday. I didn't think I was going to be able to go because I had a ton of work to finish up, but I was getting burnt out and decided to go anyway. It was actually a blessing because I came back and knocked out all of my work in a day lol. I felt like a new man and had a ton of motivation to get sh*t done lol.
Everyone will hit a wall or get burnt out at some point but you have to overcome this or you'll never be happy with your work. You have to go out and do something you like which will relieve some stress. For me it's fishing, video games or playing with my little girl, nieces or nephews for a day And if I can bring the little ones out fishing for a weekend I think I'll be able to put up a website to rival Google when I came back haha Getting burnt out is pretty common amongst freelancers like us. I know that I've hit a few walls after working 10+ hours a day on a single website for a month straight and then nothing comes out of it. I'll do all the research prior to setting up the website and then begin to set everything up if the research shows me any potential. I see it as putting in 500 hours to a website that I have to work 1 to 2 hours a week on after launch and it will be successful, but sometimes it doesn't work out like that and it's a killer on motivation :( I've come to get use to this and I wish I had the funds to pay people to market the websites so I can focus on everything else there is to do with my business. When I feel like I'm getting burnt out I'll take a few days off and go on a fishing or camping trip. Nothing crazy, just out of state for a couple of days with the family. Last year I went down to visit my sister in Ohio for a few days with the family because it was my nephews birthday. I didn't think I was going to be able to go because I had a ton of work to finish up, but I was getting burnt out and decided to go anyway. It was actually a blessing because I came back and knocked out all of my work in a day lol. I felt like a new man and had a ton of motivation to get sh*t done lol. Everyone will hit a wall or get burnt out at some point but you have to overcome this or you'll never be happy with your work. You have to go out and do something you like which will relieve some stress. For me it's fishing, video games or playing with my little girl, nieces or nephews for a day :D And if I can bring the little ones out fishing for a weekend I think I'll be able to put up a website to rival Google when I came back haha :D
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