I need to come clean with you. I lost my *spark*. Since starting my social media, I always promised myself I’d be 100% honest and truly myself in everything I do regardless of how far I get. I have been getting numerous messages asking if I’m okay and I felt I owed this to you. I overdid it, and I burnt out. The constant pressure to create content every day, the hustle culture on LinkedIn and Twitter, the constant state of feeling behind when I don’t reply a DM in a few hours or I don’t create a video or a post for a week. I fell into this trap of wanting to constantly grow my platform and before I knew it, all I could think of was creating content. For weeks I lied to myself that I was just tired after months doing so many videos, posts, conference sessions etc but it wasn’t that - but deep down I knew I burnt myself out. So I took a break from content creating, a long one in fact. I have been absolutely thriving at work, spending time with the family, putting my all into my racing passion, building a side hustle, making new friends, reducing my screen time and just like this, the spark is ✨ BACK ✨. I woke up this past weekend feeling energised and ready, so I started writing blog posts and managed to write 11 of them in just a few hours which I will be sharing in a few weeks. But I am not taking it for granted, because I know that spark can be gone instantaneously again, and so I’m grateful to be excited to create content again. I will be taking it easy, and focusing on quality rather than quantity. Just wanted to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who reached out to check if I was okay. I truly appreciate you all and wouldn’t be where I am without you all. I am so damn excited for 2024, and all the conferences I’m going to in the second half of this year. And to whoever needs to hear this, slow the fuck down. Seriously. You only get one chance in life. Have an awesome day everyone 🩵
@kristinekk94 Thanks for sharing this, Kristine. Sorry you went through this but glad your spark is back. Take care 🙏
@kristinekk94 So happy that your spark is back 🙌 It’s super important to find balance, and it sounds like you’ve found some that works for you
Thank you for sharing this Kristine. The pressure we put on ourselves is real and often 10x greater than we admit to ourselves. Now you have found the spark again, it’s ok to quietly feed the flame. We don’t have to maintain a bonfire. Even the smallest flame can ignite others and encourage them.
@kristinekk94 love the honesty Kristine!!
@kristinekk94 Look back at your contributions when you first got awarded and see if you have changed how much you do. You don't have to "keep up", rather, be consistent.
@kristinekk94 I can relate and it’s so easy to beat yourself up over it. Thing is, the only person being critical is yourself. Glad you’re feeling more focused☺️
@kristinekk94 Nice to hear you are doing better and I very much had a similar experience...actually I have it every year...I go flat out from Jan to about Oct and then have a 3 month break with no content...look after yourself! Great to see you are doing well 🙂
@kristinekk94 Yeah I’ve been in that boat as well. Slowly getting back into a rhythm and spending less time on twitter has been great.