What is Entrepreneurial Burnout?
We’re almost halfway through 2025 and as slow as January felt, the last five months have flown by at an unprecedented speed.
Which is leading to so many conversations circling back to how humans think they need more time.
Wishing to pause time.
Praying for time to slow down.
Daydreaming about cloning ourselves so we can get more done in a day.
Can you relate?
And social media isn’t helping our time management pressures with all the gurus flooding our feeds telling us that we all have the same 24 hours in a day and that it comes down to how we prioritize and manage our time.
Which is true – to an extent.
Technically, we all have 24 hours in a day and understanding time management is important.
BUT, we DO NOT all have or use the same 24 hours in a day.
A parent uses their 24 hours differently than someone without children.
A caregiver …
A person who works multiple jobs …
A person with a physical disability …
A person with anxiety or depression …
A person with ADHD …
An entrepreneur …
Everyone accesses, uses and leverages time differently.
Why?
Because we prioritize things differently. We have different needs. Different schedules. Unique circumstances.
Which means, what works for one person, doesn’t always work for another.
And although many individuals, especially business owners, do struggle with time management and organizing their time, I believe challenges with time management, task management and organizational behaviour are symptoms coming from ONE root cause…
You can’t leverage something if you don’t know how you actually use it.
If you don’t understand how you use your time AND your capacity specifically, you will not be able to leverage either to their full potential.
AND that striving to “fix” your time management will eventually take you down a path where you will likely fall prey to burnout.
Burnout and chronic stress are being felt by hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs and humans around the world today.
What differentiates burnout from stress are feelings of apathy and exhaustion. You are depleted from your very core - physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually.
A quote by Amanda Frances, Financial Empowerment Leader, that has stayed with me for years and one that I repeat multiple times a week to clients (and myself) is “Exhaustion is not the measuring stick for success.”
Please believe me when I tell you – it’s not.
If you’re interested in learning more about how to overcome burnout AND learn how to create a system unique to your time and capacity needs, I personally invite you to attend my upcoming masterclass.
Visit www.worksmartcanada.ca/freetraining to register!