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10 Little Lessons That Have Helped Me Avoid Burnout For Years
How to keep moving no matter what.
Everything worth building takes a long time to build.
Whether it’s getting good at Jiu-Jitsu, building a business, building a gym, or building anything else — it all takes a long time. Everything worthwhile requires you to stay focused and disciplined for a very long time.
But recently, I’ve struggled with this.
I spent most of my life in Chicago building things and living one way, and when I moved to Texas, many lot of the things I was building and my way of life were left behind. Things like my old:
- Training routines
- Friendships
- Network
- Favorite restaurants (I miss good pizza!)
- and more
Are all now something I only get to experience when I visit. I built those things and then left.
This can be disheartening. You feel like everything you’ve done is for nothing. You feel frustrated, and you wonder “Why should I move forward on new things if I might just abandon them later?”
It’s a tough question, and thinking about it can elicit feelings of burnout, nihilism, and what I’ve started to call “false fatigue” —…
