CeceliaIām tired and trying to do too much.
How do you keep energized and focused on the work that needs to be done?
Earthworm šI think we need to talk more about burnout as activists.
On the individual level:
- doing selfcare: sports, get enough sleep, not abuse caffeine&other drugs, eat well and care for emotional needs (that sounds like cheap advice, but I say that to myself, too...)
- for the stuff that really needs to get done and where it applies: a weenie bit of optimization. When I am most effective? (hormonal cycle, hour of the day, concentration curve) -> don't waste your time working onnstuff when you are not efficient. Organize your calendar around your efficient moments.
- talk with others about hownyou feel. We need a culture of honest communication.
On the community level:
-Trying to participate in the creation of structures that work also without me.
-Empowering others instead of assuming tat it is me who has to shoulder everything.
- As somebody who gets easily trapped in overburdening positions, I like this sentence:
"If you keep an organization running through self-sacrifice, you are taking away the opportunity for institutional learning and adaption towards a more resilient structure." (can't remember who said this or in which language....)
And I cannot recommend more this book "Overcoming burnout" by Nicole Rose. Addresses very well the individual and community levels .
https://solidarityapothecary.org/overcomingburnout/
Take care and thank you for everything you are doing! It matters. 
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