Not Burned Out, But Not Excited. Now What?

Online Marketing Made Easy with Amy Porterfield

Amy Porterfield

Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.9 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Joy Is Not a Reward for Success — It's a Tool That Drives Sustainable Success In this episode, I’m talking to the version of you who’s not completely burned out…but you’re definitely not lit up either. You’re just fine. You’re checking off the to-dos without that sense of momentum, joy, or excitement that once fueled your business. Sound familiar? You’re not alone — and the good news is I have a plan to help you get you your spark back. This episode is a permission slip to pause, audit, and realign your work with what truly lights you up. I’m sharing the exact steps I’ve taken (and still take!) to get back in touch with my founder energy, rekindle creativity, and reconnect with the why behind what I do. Because staying in that “meh” middle is where dreams quietly go to die, and I’m not about to let that happen to yours.Remember, DM me @amyporterfield and let me know one thing that brings you joy. Bonus points if it’s a creative project that I can share with the whole community! HERE ARE THE 3 KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE: 1️⃣ Joy Is a Business Strategy – Infusing more joy into your day-to-day work is the best way to stay creative, energized, and resilient enough to lead and grow sustainably. 2️⃣ Let Vision Lead and Tell Pressure to Take a Back Seat – When you chase goals out of pressure instead of passion, you create desperate energy that leads to burnout and poor decisions. Reconnecting to your vision changes everything. 3️⃣ Audit What’s Draining You And Do More of What Lights You Up – Make space for the tasks, people, and projects that bring you alive. Delegate the soul-sucking stuff. Your energy and success depend on it. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Get your copy of my book: Two Weeks Notice Check out The War of Art by Steven Pressfield Sign up for my weekly newsletter: amyporterfield.com/newsletter MORE FROM ME Follow me on Instagram @amyporterfield SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Your support helps us reach more entrepreneurs who need these insights. 🎙 Thanks for tuning in to The Amy Porterfield Show! See you next week!

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0:00.0	Hey there. Welcome to the Amy Porterfield Show.
0:11.3	Working under constant pressure leads to resentment. Working towards a vision creates momentum.
0:19.1	So my question for you is, are you putting way too much pressure on
0:22.3	yourself right now? A couple episodes back, I asked you, do you like when I start the episode
0:31.4	like right away, like almost like in the middle of a sentence, I just get going? Or would you
0:36.4	rather me be a little bit more nice?
0:39.6	Like, hey, how you doing? Welcome to the show. So glad you're here. Every single one of you who
0:45.6	sent me a DM on Instagram said, cut the niceties. Just get right to it. I mean, you're booked and
0:52.0	busy. You've got things to do. So just know that every episode moving forward, I am just jumping right into it. I mean, you're booked and busy. You've got things to do. So just know that every episode
0:55.2	moving forward, I am just jumping right into it, which I'm going to do right now. Okay, so tell me if
1:01.3	you can relate to this. Maybe right now in this moment in your life, or maybe you've had these
1:06.9	feelings before. So here's the thing. You're not fully burned out in this moment. You're not
1:12.8	exhausted every minute of the day. Don't get me wrong. You're tired a lot, but you're not fully
1:18.2	exhausted. You're not miserable, but you're not lit up either. You're not excited about the
1:25.4	work you're doing. You're just like somewhere in this weird
1:28.5	middle ground. Can you relate? Have you been there? I have absolutely been there. I actually think I was
1:35.2	there at the beginning of this year. I didn't know it, but when I did the research for this episode,
1:40.3	I'm like, oh, yeah, I know these feelings really well. And many of you have actually
1:45.1	told me you're feeling this way. You're just not lit up or excited about a lot of the things that
1:49.6	you're working on. And here's the bad news. That's where dreams quietly die if we're not careful.
1:57.6	So the good news is there's a way to fix this. But if you just continue to
2:01.9	not be lit up, not be excited about your life or your business, that's where dreams just
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