Hi.

Let it out.

Let it out. Hi, welcome back. It's just you and me today, you guys, no sponsors, no guests, because the podcast was meant to be on a three-week hiatus, but I thought I would jump in here to catch you of a bit. If you're new to this podcast,

welcome. Thank you for listening. This is a very unique episode, not the usual. And if you

started listening somewhat recently, you've probably only heard me as the interviewer or in the

brief, hopefully brief, I'm working on that,

the introductions and the ads between the moments between the episode.

And if you've been listening since 2013 when I started this podcast, special hello,

and thank you so much for sticking around with me through all the

ups and downs of hosting this podcast for the better part of my 20s. This year, I kind of experienced

quite a down. I said there were a lot of ups and downs in this podcast, and there

have been. And I didn't really talk about it while I was going through it because I didn't really

know what was happening or what was happening. And I'm still figuring that out, actually.

But what I've come to now is that I was experiencing major burnout.

Has anyone else experienced burnout? Let me know. Tell me on Instagram. It's probably the

easiest place to tell me quickly. I'm at Katie Dabaut. Just comment on my most recent photo and

maybe we can start a conversation there about

burnout and if we've experienced it what we've done when we have and how to overcome it I guess

or just not be in denial that it's happening it's an interesting sensation because when

you're in burnout,

there's not a light that comes on or confetti that starts. It's like, oh, you are entering

burnout and go. It's just kind of like you're in it and you have to admit that and accept that,

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