How arts and craft saved me from burnout

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I used to write and publish novels and I was a freelance business writer, I also had an online magazine not to mention bringing up two young kids as well as a part time job. Any spare time I had I would write.

Burn out is real.

Burn out happened to me. It was really hard. My computer crashed and I thought may be it’s time to just stop my writing. So I did.

I took six years off writing and started working full time again but no additional work such as the writing.

I spent those six years just looking after myself. Exploring my inner being and using self-care techniques to really just relax.

That is when my arts and craft hobbies lifestyle began. I would just spend the weekend on my hobbies, it started with the super cute miniature homes. Then I added paint by numbers. Then only a year ago did I discover the joy of diamond painting. And until recently, probably the start of the year I fell in love with scrapbooking.

I now split my time up with whatever hobby I want to work on. Whatever I am feeling in that moment.

I understand burn out that luckily I can put boundaries in place now so I never fall down that trap again.

Have you ever experienced burnout and how did you deal with it? Please comment below.

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