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So I haven't shared this publicly, but over the last year, I've been running on fumes.

I've still been uploading. I've still been showing up, but inside, my joy has been low.

I felt fatigued. I felt foggy. It's been tough. Between leading a growing business,

being a father of two kids,

dealing with family conflict, and managing chronic pain, it's been a lot and I've been stretched

thin. I think the wild part is I didn't even realize how bad it was. My natural disposition is

just grind through, suck it up, find a way. But burnout can be insidious. Sometimes I feel like you don't even

really know that you're burnt out. But what you might notice is that you're kind of just going

through the motions. You're kind of just in survival mode. You're not in thrival mode. So today's

video, I want to share how I've started recovering, how I've been getting my focus and my energy back,

and why I believe that mental energy and emotional health is really the number one

strategy for creators going forward this year. And specifically, we're going to address one of the

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