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Actionable Essays to Help Creative Professionals
Build Balance in their Busy Lives
Written by a Nerdy Architect
with 15 Years of Experience Balancing His Own
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Work-Life Satisfaction: Why It Should Matter More to You Than Balance
Work-Life Balance has misled you. Our lives are too complex and ever-changing to be contained by balance. Instead, let’s consider the benefits of building a life around a more nuanced and fulfilling framework — Satisfaction.
Creative Mismatch: The Root Cause of Workplace Burnout and How to Address It
As busy creatives, we often place the blame of burnout on ourselves or our work. But there is a hidden reason you may be burning out at work. Burnout is a relationship mismatch. Let’s discuss.
4 Steps to Reduce Your Workload and Thrive as a Creative Professional Today
Overwork is one of the quickest paths to work/life imbalance and burnout. Here are the steps to reduce the stress.
Are you stressed out or burned out? Here’s how to tell quickly.
Sometimes it feels like the world is on fire, burning you out. But is it burnout, or is it stress? This is the difference.
One Unexpected Reason Why High-Performing Creatives Burn Out
Most people think of overwork when they think burnout. But sometimes it’s lack of personal development.