Burnout

I am burnt out

At the start of April I told myself “no coffee chats with people unless we are going to get work done or it’s going to advance my business in some way” and hence I haven’t really made time for my friends

The reason is, I’m traveling for 3 weeks (going to visit family in the US) and I wanted to use April to find myself new clients and make a ton of new videos to GET those clients

Fortunately, it paid off, but at a cost: I am exhausted

Don’t get me wrong, I take care of myself. I go to the gym 4x a week. I eat well. I sleep 9, even 10 hours a night

The problem is that all I think about is making f*cking videos. I’m grateful that this is even a “problem”

But when you give yourself fully to your art, yes, that art becomes beautiful, but it’s at the expense of the artist

Michael has had to let go of himself for Short Form Mike to blossom

However… that’s sometimes necessary because there are seasons

Seasons of Yes and No

I secured some new gigs for the next few months that have made me more financially secure. I’ve locked myself in my apartment and made videos and said No to a lot of “let’s hang out” or “let’s hop on a call so I can pick your brain” requests

It’s important to accept that when you wanna get as good at something as I wanna get at making videos, there will be phases like this but it CANNOT last forever

I’m fortunate that I’m my own boss. So with the snap of a finger, I can flip my mentality

So while I’m in the US, I’m gonna go see my friends and family and be fully present with them. I’m gonna rediscover my passion for Art History and for Film. I’m gonna get back into running. I’m gonna soak in the sun

Michael is going to come back out, because Short Form Mike has put the time in where I can afford to be less active on social media, less active with clients, etc. because I set the base during my season of “No” so that I can enjoy my season of “Yes”

I am going to make these 3 weeks the best 3 weeks of my life

See you guys in the US <3