Do you know the feeling of knowing the light you once had has been dimmed? 

Maybe you walked into a promotion with a sense of urgency or a sense of pride that quickly evaporated. Even though you may have been warned, you still have this vision I. Your mind that you’re going to make it work, and you’re going to be the difference. 

You smile through the bullshit no matter how tough it is because you tell yourself you have to endure it just a little bit longer. You even blend in well in the beginning. There are almost no chinks in your armor. 

Then it keeps happening over and over and over again. 

That’s when you start feeling it take a toll on you. You don’t look forward to opening that inbox as often as you used to. Your goal is to find ways to work a lot smarter versus working harder. You still care about your brand, but you know that you’re close to burnout, so you do whatever it takes to avoid that. Maybe you book a trip to look forward to something and get that dopamine some sort of legal way without using drugs. 

It’s a vicious cycle at times. 

I’m grateful for everything I have, please don’t take it like I’m not. It puts shit into perspective for me. 

Some people can’t even start thinking of burnout, and they figure it out, however possible. 

I think I’ve always felt that I have to have this mentality of wanting more for those people. I have to be the one that keeps pushing. If not me, who the fuck else?