Where your energy goes

Burnout kills more dreams than you can imagine.

I've lost more projects to burnout than to anything else. Not from working hard, but from taking on too many things. Too many goals. Too many distractions. In my music years I played night after night, running on empty, until the well just ran dry.

Here's what I finally saw: it's not the work that burns you out. It's where your energy goes. Lost focus and distractions burn energy faster than any long night ever could. Energy is finite. You decide what gets it.

Here's your task. For one day, notice where your energy actually goes. Every time you switch tasks, check your phone, or say yes to something, make a mark. Tonight, look at the list and pick one leak to plug tomorrow. Guard your energy like it's your dream, because it is.

What's the nextstep? Next.

This is the Nextstep Method: Anchor, Wall, Snap, Nextstep. For more, follow Nextstep Notes every Thursday.

Kindness is cool, smiles are free.

Russ Johns