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]]>That’s an unhealthy way to look at life. It’s also a great way to get burned out.
The faith community has long recognized the value of rest. The book of Genesis tells us that God Himself, after working so hard on the six days of creation, took time to rest.
If God saw fit to take a day of rest, doesn’t it follow that we should do the same?
It’s important to build a day of rest into your weekly schedule. Not only that, you must rest each day by getting enough sleep. I also suggest taking a midday nap. Many of the world’s greatest thinkers and creatives had a regular napping habit.
Rest is not lazy. Rest is essential. Sometimes the very best thing you can do for your creativity and productivity is rest. You’re not Superman (or Superwoman) and you’re not God. You need your rest.
It just might be the most important thing you do today.
Question: Are you building rest into your daily and weekly schedule?
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]]>Now we’ve come to the final milestone in The Writer’s Path, which is simply this: Practice key habits for wellness, productivity, and success.
Why it’s important: Without key habits, you will burn out or have some sort of a train wreck. I have seen it too many times in my life. I have even seen it the last few years with some writers and entrepreneurs I know who got very successful, then they crashed and burned in their personal lives.
We all intuitively know that good habits are important—habits related to our health, sleep, productivity, mindset, and so much more. But they are also easy to ignore, aren’t they?
In a way, this is similar to Stephen Covey’s seventh habit from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People—that habit is “sharpen the saw.” It’s tempting to cut and cut and cut… and then never sharpen the saw. When we try to cut down a tree without sharpening the blade, it’s much harder.
And that’s the big challenge of maintaining good life habits. They are easy to ignore. It’s easy to focus on creating, writing, and building a business, only to find yourself alienated from the people you love or in the hospital with a heart attack.
This is not really the 7th milestone in the sense that it’s sequential related to the other milestones. These are all just keys that need to be part of your writing business and life. Good habits are a key part of life no matter what stage of building your business you are in.
Daily Question: On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate yourself on having good habits? Be honest.
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]]>But she has recently built an amazing podcast and website called Burned Out Business Mom. Even though she is focused on helping moms specifically, she has spent a lot of time thinking and building a platform to help people with burnout—something many writers face.
In this conversation, M.J. shares the signs of burnout, why it’s important to figure out the root cause of burnout, why you need to protect your time, how to get support, and much more.
If you have been feeling burned out, discouraged, frustrated, or you just want to quit, this episode is for you!
Check out TheBurnedOutBusinessMom.com
Subscribe to The Burned Out Business Mom Podcast
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]]>I’m excited to be joined on this episode by my friend Mary Valloni, who is here to help us improve our mindset and develop a greater sense of abundance. That’s such a critical element of our writing, because, without the proper mindset, we will always be limited by our own perception of what is possible.
Mary is a fundraising coach and consultant who helps leaders with great causes raise more money with less pain. She has raised millions of dollars through her work as the development director of the American Cancer Society, the ALS Association, and the Special Olympics. Now, she teaches and trains individuals and organizations, big and small, how to fundraise with more freedom and less burnout.
In this conversation, we dive into the reasons behind a scarcity mindset and how we can begin developing a more abundant mindset. I have to tell you, this is an absolutely critical topic because if we are going to have more and accomplish more, we must first have to be more.
Before we dive into the conversation, I want to remind you to check out two excellent resources from Mary. The first is her book, Fundraising Freedom. Now, I don’t want you to dismiss this book just because you may not work for a ministry organization or a non-profit. This is a stellar book on business and mindset. It’s really an essential resource for any business person, in my opinion.
The second resource is the Fully Funded Podcast, which Mary hosts with the amazing Mike Kim. Mike is a marketer and author, and these two work together on this podcast to help missionaries, ministry leaders, campus ministers, and church planters grow their donor base and raise more financial support.
This interview is special to me because Mary is from St. Louis, where I live as well. It’s not often that I get to interview someone who’s actually from my area!
Click on the links below to connect with Mary, subscribe to her podcast, or purchase her book:
Fundraising Freedom by Mary Valloni
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