#17: Looking Back From A Year of Burnout Recovery

Burnout sucks and is unfortunately something many creators face just like we did all of 2022. In this episode Steven and I catch up to talk about what we learned from our year of burnout recovery and the changes we are making heading into 2023, as well as what we are excited for!

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00:00:45:23 - Reflecting on the past 10 months

00:03:57:02 - Takeaway from this year - Learning how to not "Be on" all the time

00:05:18:09 - Restrospective look at John's Youtube journey this year

00:07:44:19 - Reference: E-Myth Revisited

00:09:50:10 - Take time to unlearn FOMO habits, your audience will always find you

00:12:39:10 - Building a new identity once the old one has no more use or relevancy

00:18:05:23 - Talking about some of the challenges of building our own vision after having worked in service to other people's visions.

00:21:53:12 - Steven's challenges: Option paralysis, finding content that satisfies the needs of the consumer and himself

00:24:18:21 - John's Challenges: Systems building and finding his team

00:30:05:10 - On building this podcast: our approach and attitude that's allowed it to be successful to our standards of quality and workload

00:32:27:07 - You have to take initiative in certain situations - shit has to get done

00:34:50:10 - You can't expect perfection on the first try

00:39:26:01 - "I don't know what I don't know" - The key to success and improvement is self-awareness

00:40:54:00 - John's struggle with overanalyzing minutiae

00:45:29:05 - Real entrepreneurs prioritize jobs they actually WANT to take part in, not just say yes to everything possible.

00:48:47:20 - Steven's Struggles Throughout 2021

00:53:24:07 - Talking about our optimism for 2023 and our future with the podcast

01:02:00:08 - The change of mindset between hobby to business

01:02:57:22 - Personal, creative, and business goals for 2023