How can you do more without burning out?
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How can I do more without burning out?
I’ve been asking myself this question for the past couple of months.
It feels like being constantly on the crossroads between wanting to achieve more and not wanting to burn myself to the point where I can’t do anything anymore.
And, I don’t have an answer to this question yet. I’m still trying to figure it out on my own, too.
But here is my hypothesis about how I think it can be achieved.
It always starts with WHY. If you don’t know why you are doing what you are doing or why you want to achieve what you want to achieve, it’s extremely hard to move even one step forward at a time.
Once we have our why, we can focus on representing our WHAT.
What is the outcome we want to achieve? What is the destination where we want to arrive?
This makes our achievement more tangible, something our mind can more easily grasp.
The next step is the PLAN. We tend to create our plans chronologically from today’s standpoint.
In this case, we want to reverse engineer it.
Here is where your imagination comes into play, connecting your WHY and your WHAT into something that exists in 10 years’ time.
From there, we will break it down into 5 years, 3 years, 1 year, 6 months, 3 months, 4 weeks, this week, and today.
Now we are facing the last question.
What can I do today to get myself closer to where I want to be in 10 years’ time?
Think small, think 1% better every day. Put the bar of expectations lower than you originally wanted.
Why? Because you are starting from zero.
Don’t compare yourself to others on the internet, in your work, or in your town.
Your journey is unique to you because only you know your WHY, WHAT, and your PLAN.
Don’t try to compete with the world or impress anyone.
Compete only with yesterday’s version of yourself.
Be better for yourself.