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Fang Wei's avatar

I attended a writer's workshop last night on how to build a buzz for authors. One of the panelists suffered multiple chronic illnesses, which forces her to be more strategic about how to use her time & energy. Yet she still manages to write 3 or 4 books before 30, and make a living on it.

She reminded me of Suleika Jaouad. I comtemplate on it and think perhaps we don't need to burn out to be successful.

As you mentioned in your previous posts, limitations can be advantage.

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Herman Drost's avatar

I started my youtube channel in 2006 and experienced a few times I felt a little burned out, however I simply took a small vacation, came back recharged then kept going. I still enjoy the creative process however I've scaled back from 3 videos/week to 1 video/week and repurpose my long form videos into multiple shorts, blog posts and medium articles. ChatGPT makes it easy and saves a ton of time.

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