When Burnout Robs You of Your Writing
You’ve created value in the past and you will do it again in the future
Hustle, hustle, hustle. Make use of every spare minute. Have your laptop on the kitchen counter so you can type a sentence or two in between making lunch and attending to the baby.
This is all incredibly admirable. I’m in awe of mothers who manage to write in these circumstances. But what happens when your brain can’t handle any more activity being crammed into the narrow windows of time?
What happens when you glaze over researching yet another podcast to see if it’s suitable for book marketing?
What happens when you sit and stare at your computer screen so mentally drained that no new information can be absorbed?
What happens when your creative output is stanched?
The burnout point
By day I work as a software testing consultant. But I also blog about creativity. Last year I published my first novel. To top it all off, I have been caring for my aging parents.
The usual schedule for my creative practice was to write in the mornings, before the rest of the day got in the way. Prior to the pandemic, that meant writing on a packed commuter train, where there was barely enough…
