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when you're ready to be useful to others again. Again? You just nailed the problem. If everything you did was for others, then this discussion (and many like
by edw519 13y ago
when you're ready to be useful to others again.
Again?
You just nailed the problem.
If everything you did was for others, then this discussion (and many like it) wouldn't even make sense.
You wouldn't "get burned out", "lose purpose", "get stressed out", "worry about competition", "procrastinate", or "lack motivation".
If your work, your art, or just your day-to-day activities were focused on delivering value to others, you'd be too busy having a ball and rejoicing in outcomes to worry about all this other stuff. And anyone who tells you otherwise (but we gotta eat first!), still doesn't get it.
Thanks, OP, for reminding us that as soon as we're not so full of ourselves, and understand our role as conduits of energy, the sooner everything else flows so nicely.
- smacktoward 13y agoWhat? No. Doctors and nurses get burned out all the time. So do cops and EMTs. Just because you've dedicated your life to serving others doesn't mean that constantly being on the line to help others can't burn you out. In some ways it can even be more stressful, because when you're only out to help yourself, you can justify easing back every now and then to reduce the pressure. When you're helping others, it's harder to do that because of the feeling that you're failing them in their moment of need.