Burnout: How to Protect your Passion

I am really tired, not just a little bit sleepy, the kind of tired that makes your bones ache and renders conversation beyond the grasp of a drowsy brain! I’ve been here once before and I ignored these signs that are busy waving red flags at me; that ended in a seven year break away from floristry and I thought that was me and the flowers done for good.

Burnout is a real threat in this industry, I think it’s because we give so much of ourselves physically, creatively and emotionally often at the detriment of our own wellbeing.  It is so much more than feeling tired after a busy week, it is a state of physical, emotional and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress, it is stealthy and develops slowly so it’s easy to ignore and push down how you are feeling. Long hours during peaks, early morning and late-night wedding set ups, rising overheads and shrinking margins and the pressure to deliver perfection all of the time.

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