1.) Reach out and reconnect with my amazing network of WAH friends who make me laugh and celebrate how far we have already come…2.)  Do something fun with the family, like watch a movie, go to dinner together or go skiing, snowmobiling or sledding!…3.)  Escape from the home office and do something for me — like curl up with a favorite book or get a message or a pedicure!…4.)  Do something for someone else!  Empowering others inspires me! - Stacey Kannenberg

First is recognition that I am at a wall. Denial that the wall exists is a time when professional assistance and drugs are needed. Second – get up to the wall and make sure of its dimensions – height, width, thickness. Third – My experience with the countless walls I have encountered – take a break from doing based on cubic feet of wall. Typically this means 5 minutes, 1 hour or 1 day. If area describes a need for more than 1 day, then I re-measure the wall. Fourth – remember that I have gone through walls before. Having done it, I know I can do it again. At all times, find other people to help me measure the wall. - Richard Oppenheim, Oppenheim Group

Actually, I have found that by balancing my work with my private life has worked for me. Easier said than done but with the consequences too high I made a decision that I will work until 7pm, then I will treat myself or reward my myself. It takes discipline like making healthy choices with food and exercising  but as we all know, our minds are very powerful. By beginning frustrated or stressed, I have found that the work I produced was not my best so this was also a motivating factor to increase the quality and not the quantity of my work. - Jerry Pollio, CMT Creative Marketing Inc.

How do I handle burnout? In a word…VACATION. Seriously. I take at least one three day weekend each quarter and one big trip (usually two weeks) each year. If I don’t, I can literally *feel* myself becoming grouchy, irritable, and unmotivated. I’m less willing to give 100% to my clients, I procrastinate more, and I actually do less. By going away - to the mountains or the beach - I am able to refresh, recharge and renew. I don’t take a computer and I don’t answer my cell phone. Period. I leave “away” messages on my voicemail and through email so people know that I cannot be reached. - Angela Mattson, Mattson Business Services, Inc.

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