Welcome to my empire of self-love, inspiration and encouragement.

Where I hope to encourage you in and outside of the craft room, or if you're like me for

many years, beyond the kitchen table.

This is Beyond Crafting.

A few weeks ago, I was getting things together to head out to the studio to work, and my five

year old passed by me in the kitchen.

She said, Mom, my battery is at 1%, I'm in the red.

Five years old.

At first, I laughed, and I gave her a hug, and I told her she would be fine, and she can

rest while I work.

But then when I sat down at my desk and front of my computer, it hit me.

My battery felt in the red too.

At some point in your creative career, you're going to experience burnout.

And I think it's important that you know that it's normal, and it doesn't mean that you're

failing.

Burnout is common, and it's real.

It casts fault shadows that you're not good at what you do, and that you don't find

happiness in things you once did, or maybe even that you're lazy.

None of those things are true.

Let me tell you exactly what burnout is, and how to take some steps to overcome it.

According to APA Psychology, burnout really has a lot to do with experiencing chronic stress,

like maybe after a major holiday.

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