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Let’s have that conversation.

I’ve spoken about burnout but truthfully, it’s always around the corner. No one’s truly safe from it.

It’s like that demon that’s waiting for you to give in.

However knowing how to tackle it and having mechanisms to avoid it helps a lot.

I say this because burnout can happen from a lot of things.

• Your 9-5 roasts you alive because of the early mornings, the workload or just because you hate working for someone else.

• You’ve got a silly amount of expectations on yourself that you end up resenting the thing that needs your time and energy.

• You’re not seeing success or wins so instead of learning from the L’s, you feel overwhelmed and find it easier to quit or move onto the next thing.

Instead of quitting and digging yourself into a deep hole, the best approach is knowing how to tackle the feelings of burnout or overwhelm. Naturally every day won’t be a productive day, but doing something is always better than nothing.

Not all passions burn out the same way, so they don’t recover the same way either.

I learned this the hard way when I tried to apply the same recovery approach to all my interests.

Physical Passions (Gym, Football):

These need complete rest periods.

When I was overtrained, I couldn’t just “take it easy” at the gym.

I needed full days off from physical activity. Now I take the steps to make sure my body is fully rested and recovered if I’m feeling the effects.

This means I now utilise:

• A massage gun and ice packs for increased circulation

• Stretches

• A foam roller

• Hijama (Cupping)

• Supplements such as magnesium and Vitamin B12, D and K2.

The recovery protocol is simple—sleep, nutrition, and zero physical stress until your body stops feeling fatigued.

Mental Passions (Languages, Writing):

These recover through variety, not rest.

When I was burned out on French, switching to Arabic actually helped because it used different mental muscles. Same theme, but different methods of learning. There are different elements of both languages that I enjoy and I didn’t want to resent learning one of them.

Forcing the learning means the information wouldn’t be understood as well as it should.

For writing burnout, I’d switch to reading instead of stopping completely. This would give me potential ideas rather than force me to write when I wasn’t feeling it.

Another common method a lot of people use is stepping away from their space for a bit or going on a walk. This gives you that mental reset and it’s usually that type of situation that helps your thinking process. I’ve had more ideas manifest when I don’t force it.

The key is changing the type of mental work, not eliminating it.

Creative Passions (Travel Planning, Content Creation):

These need inspiration refills.

When my creativity was drained, I’d consume instead of create. It’s easy to look at your own work and be overwhelmed because it’s not as good as others, but looking at it for inspiration rather than comparison is the key.

Now I try to:

• Watch travel documentaries instead of planning trips.

• Read other writers instead of writing.

• Visit new places in my own city instead of researching distant destinations.

A lot of interests can fall into both mental and creative, so the key is nurturing the brain with things that allow your creative process to flow rather than overwhelming it.

Spiritual Passion (Praying, meditation, Reading Quran)

As a Muslim, I look at this as less of a passion and more of a lifestyle.

There are so many things that I wouldn’t be able to do without my religion playing a part.

It keeps me grounded and allows me to see more to life.

A lot of my gratitude and humility comes from seeing others' journeys, including their ups and downs.

Life could always be worse, which is why the little steps count towards maintaining a spiritual well-being.

Instead of comparing my religious obligations and feeling guilty, I'd take a step back and reflect on my own journey.

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The bottom line

The mistake I made was treating all passion burnout like physical exhaustion.

Sometimes you need rest, sometimes you need variety, and sometimes you need new input.

It's not a one-size-fits-all approach.

By matching your recovery to your passion type, the key is to avoid resentment and understand that you’ll never be fully creative or physically active at all times.

It’s about making the most of the moments and with a powerful ‘why’ established, this will hopefully keep you pushing past the blank sessions or tough days.

Your challenge for this week: If you burn out often or find that you’re always overwhelmed, I want you to try to implement these changes:

For physical

• Look at your sleep routine; are you getting 7-9 hours?

• Are you eating the right things or is your diet trash?

• Do you have a good recovery routine in place for after exercises or sessions?

For creative/mental

• Is your environment optimised, e.g., good work space, quiet and clean?

• Do you take regular breaks e.g. the 20-20-20

• Do you have small goals to achieve rather than no direction?

For spiritual

• Do you compare yourself to others? Look at what you could improve on by implementing something good that someone does.

• Why me? Start to see the good in things and the lessons you can learn from them.

• Everyone’s Imaan fluctuates; understand what you can do better tomorrow

I’ve felt it in different areas. The workload in my 9-5. The physical strain. The mental fatigue.

By getting it under control, this stopped it from feeding into other things.

Take control of it before it controls you.

If you want to discuss this further, feel free to reach out on Instagram @liftlangleon.

Till next time, peace.