3 IMPORTANT Tips That Will Prevent You From YouTube Creator Burnout!

[00:00] just give yourself time to step away

[00:01] from work and do something else that

[00:03] doesn't involve work don't take a break

[00:05] go on the phone go on your phones grow

[00:07] on tick tock like completely separate

[00:09] the two create a personal life that's

[00:11] separate from your work life

[00:14] when anxiety stress and the pressure of

[00:17] a life comes on a content creator it can

[00:20] be the perfect storm for burn out we're

[00:23] going to be going deeper into this

[00:24] conversation and we've had several

[00:26] conversations like this here on the

[00:27] podcast because as a content creator

[00:30] there are certain signs when it's going

[00:32] to happen and today we're going to be

[00:34] sharing that with our friend modern

[00:36] millie who is our guest on the show my

[00:38] name is heather torres and you are

[00:40] listening to the think media podcast the

[00:42] number one podcast to help you grow your

[00:45] youtube channel and your influence on

[00:47] that youtube channel and turn that

[00:49] influence into a high impact and a high

[00:51] profit online business now burnout is

[00:54] something that i personally have

[00:56] experienced at different levels

[00:58] depending on the pressures of life and

[01:00] the seasons of life as a content creator

[01:02] and entrepreneur this is vital that we

[01:05] have these conversations that we see the

[01:07] signs that are happening so let's get

[01:09] into today's featured conversation with

[01:12] sean cannell and modern millie

[01:15] [Music]

[01:18] welcome back to the think media podcast

[01:20] i'm excited to have modern millie back

[01:23] instagram expert youtuber 160 000

[01:27] subscribers but i'm so passionate about

[01:29] this conversation because we're here at

[01:31] an event and we were talking at the

[01:32] speaker party and she's sharing a little

[01:34] bit about

[01:34] her burnout season and what's kind of

[01:36] crazy is i think at one point or another

[01:39] all of us as creators as entrepreneurs

[01:41] as business owners

[01:42] have felt the early onset of burnout we

[01:45] could be in burnout right now we may not

[01:47] know it and there was a season um where

[01:50] there was a proliferation of articles

[01:53] about youtubers burning out we're

[01:56] hearing about tick tock earth burning

[01:58] out and i do believe there's some unique

[02:00] pressures

[02:01] and some unique dynamics that actually

[02:03] really impact our community here at the

[02:05] think media podcast

[02:06] that we should be aware of and so

[02:08] eventually we're going to be talking

[02:09] about some three tips if you might feel

[02:11] like you're in burnout or you want to

[02:13] determine if you are we'll talk about

[02:14] some diagnostics and some tests we'll

[02:17] learn from this but i mean we got to

[02:18] dive right into the story yeah lead us

[02:20] through what happened what was happening

[02:21] before

[02:22] and and you found yourself in burnout

[02:24] what's the story right in 2020 it was

[02:27] the first time i experienced burnout and

[02:29] i just

[02:31] had major anxiety anytime i would open

[02:33] the instagram app or youtube app so i

[02:35] just took a few months off took a break

[02:37] and i was like wow i'm burnt out i can't

[02:39] what was happening up until that point

[02:40] how much

[02:41] hustle how much work were you doing what

[02:43] was your life and career like i

[02:47] was let go for my job

[02:49] was planning a wedding my dog was

[02:51] diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder

[02:53] disorder and they said she had 80

[02:55] mortality rates so she was probably

[02:57] going to pass she ended up living so

[02:59] i'll say she's fine now but it was just

[03:02] life was crazy i was posting every day

[03:03] to instagram

[03:05] and there was no really warning signs of

[03:08] hey you're going to be burnt out i

[03:09] didn't know i thought i was elite i

[03:11] thought i was above it and i was like i

[03:13] already have great boundaries set i'm

[03:15] fine and one day

[03:17] after getting let go finally my dog was

[03:19] like healthy

[03:20] and then we had to cancel our wedding

[03:22] once everything just lifted off my

[03:24] shoulders that's when it all set in and

[03:26] i was like i'm done

[03:27] i'm done so that was like the first

[03:29] burnout i ever experienced wow so then

[03:32] how many years leading up of content

[03:34] creation specifically and how many hours

[03:36] a week would you say you were working on

[03:37] in business and entrepreneurship it was

[03:39] really maybe one year into my journey it

[03:42] wasn't really long at all

[03:43] and

[03:45] i was trying to do it full-time so i was

[03:47] working maybe it was five months doing

[03:49] that full-time i had to get another job

[03:51] because i was like i should probably get

[03:53] a job to pay for a wedding shortly after

[03:55] covet hit and i got let go so just

[03:57] bouncing a lot just trying to juggle a

[03:59] lot of hours in work and with my passion

[04:01] so it hits what did it feel like what uh

[04:04] how did you know i mean and what were

[04:05] some of the symptoms and what was like

[04:07] so the first time which was 2020 i was

[04:10] just exhausted anytime i looked at my

[04:12] phone anxiety would increase right away

[04:14] i really had to distance myself from

[04:16] social media and then the second time

[04:18] which is the more recent time back 2021

[04:20] august i got really sick

[04:24] and it didn't really creep up on me i

[04:26] had just finished a course launch my

[04:27] first course launch ever

[04:29] and

[04:30] i came home from a new york retreat

[04:34] and i fainted

[04:36] wow randomly in the middle of about to

[04:38] record a youtube video

[04:39] you're alone i mean that sounds scary it

[04:41] was terrifying so i was sitting in front

[04:43] of the camera getting ready to record

[04:46] next thing i know i'm in my living room

[04:49] telling my husband i'm fainting and

[04:51] falling to the floor i blacked out

[04:53] everything in between

[04:55] and that was the

[04:56] scariest thing because it's like i don't

[04:58] know how i got here panic at my first

[05:01] panic attack happened right there of

[05:02] just like

[05:04] extreme anxiety can't breathe what's

[05:06] happening

[05:07] and

[05:08] from there it was maybe august 7th all

[05:11] the way through november i was getting

[05:13] sick i was having panic attacks like i

[05:15] had this mysterious illness i had 105

[05:18] degrees tested for everything

[05:20] and

[05:21] that fever would come and go for months

[05:24] wow

[05:25] and so

[05:25] i mean

[05:27] it's i'm so glad you're here today yeah

[05:29] and you're you've navigated through that

[05:32] season and i want to hear more details

[05:33] of the story but let's kind of share

[05:35] some of the tips you've learned in

[05:37] lessons that we could maybe encourage

[05:39] ourselves with the first one was was

[05:41] dope weight what do you mean by that

[05:44] i think

[05:47] i was

[05:48] i don't know i was waiting to feel

[05:49] burnout before i started taking the

[05:51] measures to protect myself and to really

[05:54] take care of myself so

[05:56] because i wasn't feeling

[05:58] oh i'm i'm fine i'm fine i don't need to

[06:01] take care of myself yet i'm fine

[06:04] that's the problem with entrepreneurs

[06:06] yeah is we're usually fine sure

[06:09] like we're fine with stress

[06:11] we

[06:11] thrive under pressure a lot of us thrive

[06:14] under that pressure of

[06:16] continuing to work and we like work we

[06:18] love what we do and so we think oh we

[06:20] love what we do

[06:22] so we can just do that and be fine yeah

[06:24] and that was my problem was

[06:26] well i love what i do i'm not feeling

[06:28] stressed like i don't think i'm feeling

[06:30] stressed my brain wasn't recognizing it

[06:32] my body felt it though wow and so that's

[06:35] why my body had to retaliate and be like

[06:37] nah milly we're gonna sit your butt down

[06:41] you might not feel it but your body's

[06:42] feeling it we're gonna let make you rest

[06:44] yeah so did you

[06:47] slow down your work pace

[06:49] what did you learn in

[06:52] as you at this point

[06:54] you're saying encouraging us don't wait

[06:56] do the things before this happens but it

[06:58] did happen to you yeah so what are the

[07:00] things that you started to do now

[07:04] you know the simple things starting with

[07:05] the simple things like drinking more

[07:06] water

[07:08] eating foods that nurture you

[07:10] incorporating movement the biggest thing

[07:12] that i've learned is to complete the

[07:15] stress cycle

[07:16] so usually we think

[07:18] when i complete the stress cycle i'm

[07:20] ticking off boxes on my to-do list so

[07:22] you have your to-do list and those

[07:24] things are giving you stress and then

[07:26] you're gonna check boxes and once you

[07:27] check that box woo stress is gone wrong

[07:30] you have the stressors and the stress

[07:33] the stressors is your list of to do and

[07:35] then you have the stress which is the

[07:37] physical response to the stressors that

[07:39] needs to be resolved and that is best

[07:41] resolved through movement so

[07:43] incorporating some sort of walking every

[07:45] day or maybe going to the gym going to

[07:47] the beach yoga something to get my body

[07:49] moving to resolve those stress responses

[07:52] that's been the biggest thing for me and

[07:54] then finally setting those boundaries

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[08:35] so don't wait to

[08:37] start taking care of your health don't

[08:38] wait to get moving when it's tempting to

[08:41] just grind all day and be in front of a

[08:42] screen all day and edit all day

[08:45] don't wait to really be aware of stress

[08:48] sirs and the stress and then you kind of

[08:50] touched on number two

[08:52] set boundaries so what have you learned

[08:53] what advice can you give us about

[08:55] setting boundaries to avoid burnout i've

[08:57] set some

[08:58] hard boundaries and it's still hard for

[09:00] me to stick to these

[09:01] but setting those boundaries of a start

[09:03] time and an end time for my work and

[09:05] this is what works for me people will

[09:07] have different types of boundaries for

[09:09] me

[09:10] my start time is 10 a.m

[09:12] my me time is before 10 a.m so that's my

[09:15] boundary of in my starting my day

[09:18] nurturing myself whatever that looks

[09:20] like 10 am i go to work and then i'm

[09:22] gonna work for four hours

[09:24] ten to two i'm working two is closing my

[09:27] laptop i'm done after two set that hard

[09:30] boundary even if i want to keep going

[09:32] and i could keep going because i love

[09:34] what i do stop

[09:36] go on a walk eat like eat food who would

[09:40] have thought and just give yourself time

[09:43] to step away from work and do something

[09:45] else that doesn't involve work don't

[09:47] take a break go on the phone go on your

[09:48] phones girl on tick tock like completely

[09:50] separate the two create a personal life

[09:53] that's separate from your work life it's

[09:55] really good so what boundaries think

[09:57] media podcasts do you need to set who do

[09:59] you need to communicate with maybe

[10:02] talking to a partner a loved one um

[10:04] talking to your calendar and setting

[10:06] some hard boundaries um that's such a

[10:09] great tip for navigating and overcoming

[10:11] burnout and then

[10:13] your next tip is check yourself what do

[10:16] you mean by that

[10:17] i mean

[10:19] setting boundaries

[10:21] it's part of it right you can set

[10:23] boundaries be like whoa i set boundaries

[10:25] and then you stick to those boundaries

[10:26] for a week

[10:27] but

[10:28] naturally you want to fall into those

[10:30] habits of like okay well i did a week i

[10:32] feel great

[10:33] now i'm gonna fall back into my pattern

[10:35] of working 10 hours a day

[10:37] so you have to constantly be checking

[10:40] yourself and being like am i sticking to

[10:42] these boundaries am i actually sticking

[10:44] to them for me sometimes i don't stick

[10:46] to them i have to check myself and be

[10:48] like no you need to stick to them you

[10:50] need time for yourself you need to spend

[10:53] time with your husband like you need to

[10:55] nurture the other relationships that are

[10:57] outside of work and prioritize your

[11:00] yourself your self-care the

[11:02] relationships that really value

[11:05] that you value outside of work so always

[11:08] every week being like could i do better

[11:10] did i

[11:11] like you say one percent better could i

[11:12] get one percent better with setting

[11:14] boundaries this week that's really

[11:16] strong this is so powerful millie you

[11:18] know one of the commitments my wife and

[11:19] i made this year was to really honor the

[11:22] sabbath in terms of like really

[11:26] disconnecting we read a book called the

[11:27] ruthless elimination of hurry and like

[11:30] really getting off our phone and really

[11:33] actually not shopping that day because

[11:34] there's other days to do it and so it's

[11:37] not like overly dogmatic but like really

[11:39] taking a day that's different that's set

[11:41] apart and you know we're people of faith

[11:42] so

[11:43] we believe god wove that into the fabric

[11:45] of the universe that we're to work six

[11:47] but rest on the seventh and what i've

[11:48] learned is that that is such a day

[11:51] of checking yourself it's a day of like

[11:53] realizing maybe how stressed out i was

[11:56] trying to slow down realizing that

[11:58] there's transitional emotional things

[12:01] you know realizing that there's also

[12:03] just margin now created to go on a walk

[12:05] and leave our phones at home and it's

[12:07] changed everything and i mean it kind of

[12:09] makes sense because it's if like we're

[12:11] breathing out for six days it's like a

[12:14] chance to catch our breath and breathe

[12:15] in

[12:16] on uh having a time to check ourselves

[12:18] so that's something we've been doing

[12:19] we've really been learning from and it's

[12:20] been so powerful yeah and when you think

[12:22] about the creation story itself what did

[12:25] god do on the seventh day

[12:27] rested and so making sure that we're

[12:30] having that time to rest because when

[12:33] you rest this is something that blew my

[12:35] mind

[12:36] when you rest you're able to show up

[12:39] even better and stronger and you have a

[12:43] more clear mind i was just on the grind

[12:45] of oh i need to show up every day i need

[12:47] to show up every day

[12:49] but that's not true because when you

[12:50] take the time off to rest

[12:52] when you then choose to show up

[12:55] that's when you're more fulfilled and

[12:56] you could show up even better more

[12:58] exuberant and clear-minded do your best

[13:00] work

[13:01] i heard james altersher say don't buy

[13:02] into the myth of not getting enough

[13:05] sleep ariana huffington wrote you know

[13:07] the sleep revolution she passed out and

[13:09] woke up in a puddle of blood because of

[13:11] pushing it so hard and so man check

[13:14] yourself before you wreck yourself

[13:16] as the great theologian ice cube said uh

[13:19] but certainly

[13:21] um

[13:22] uh this idea of navigating the road of

[13:24] burnout and as entrepreneurs type a

[13:26] driven

[13:27] check yourself is like the point because

[13:29] it's i can find that it's a month goes

[13:31] by and we're like wow that wasn't the

[13:32] best month but we can reset

[13:34] we get back to it so i hope you

[13:35] encourage think media podcast to

[13:38] to not be critical this definitely

[13:40] shouldn't lead to guilt check yourself

[13:42] for burnout but to get one percent

[13:44] better because we want to be we don't

[13:46] just want the 15 minutes of fame the

[13:48] short thing that social media's pressure

[13:50] and youtube's pressure is like oh i got

[13:52] to frantically grow as much as i can

[13:54] because it's like no i'm a lot more

[13:56] interested in being healthy and around 5

[13:58] 10

[13:59] 20 years from now than just 20 minutes

[14:02] of a viral video and so millie really

[14:04] appreciate you grateful you came on the

[14:05] podcast for people that want to check

[14:07] you out on youtube and instagram where

[14:09] can they find you my handle on instagram

[14:11] is at it's modern millie and then on

[14:14] youtube you can look up modern millie

[14:16] well i hope that that was an encouraging

[14:18] conversation to you and if you're in the

[14:21] comments on youtube i'd love to know

[14:23] have you experienced burnout before and

[14:25] what were some of the steps that you had

[14:27] to take to get yourself back to normal i

[14:30] know for me personally there's been

[14:32] several seasons where i've experienced

[14:35] being on the cusp of burnout

[14:37] particularly and you know for me it has

[14:40] come with being overwhelmed with too

[14:42] many decisions or overwhelmed with all

[14:45] of the expectations that one i've put on

[14:48] myself but that i've let others put on

[14:50] me as well so if you feel like you may

[14:53] be heading into that season you know

[14:55] we've had some crazy years over the past

[14:57] few years and as a content creator

[15:00] trying to stay on that hamster wheel of

[15:02] always producing content always showing

[15:04] up as your best always making mistakes

[15:07] and redoing it i can tell you that i've

[15:09] experienced those types of seasons and

[15:12] and in that one of the things that i've

[15:14] had to really remember

[15:16] is this phrase heather it's your race at

[15:19] your pace and that means that if i need

[15:22] to take some time for some self-care or

[15:24] if i need to take some time to really

[15:27] invest more time into my children or

[15:29] into my marriage that that is okay that

[15:32] we are multifaceted human beings and

[15:34] that this is a long race and so it needs

[15:38] to be your race at your pace and i want

[15:41] to encourage you that if you're feeling

[15:43] you know anxiety if you're feeling

[15:45] overwhelmed to just take a step back and

[15:47] really maybe reflect on the gratitude in

[15:50] your life and maybe reflect on when was

[15:52] the last time you really

[15:54] rested and for me personally that's the

[15:57] place i have to go and i have to really

[15:59] internalize a lot of those things

[16:01] because i still care what people think

[16:03] about me and because of that that means

[16:06] that i put extra pressure on myself to

[16:08] be a performer to show up as my best to

[16:12] have people like me and over the years

[16:15] as i'm approaching 40 eventually can i

[16:17] say that to you here on the podcast as

[16:20] i'm approaching 40 and have you know

[16:22] heading into the season of teenage years

[16:24] with my kids and i've been married for

[16:26] over 15 years and been doing this thing

[16:28] as content creation and digital

[16:30] marketing for the last decade i can tell

[16:33] you that it is a long game and i want to

[16:36] be here for it i want to know that this

[16:39] is something that i can sustain for the

[16:40] next 20 30 40 years so that i can make a

[16:44] big impact in the world and i hope that

[16:46] encourages you that over time i've just

[16:49] noticed that we think we can accomplish

[16:51] more in one year and we underestimate

[16:54] what we can actually accomplish in 10.

[16:56] so don't put the pressure on yourself to

[16:58] just make it happen right now remember

[17:01] that everything in seasons is okay thank

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[17:43] you didn't catch our other episode with

[17:45] modern millie i'll make sure to link

[17:47] that down in the show notes below or if

[17:49] you're watching on youtube in the

[17:50] description if you want to go back and

[17:52] listen to the part one of this

[17:54] conversation that sean cannell and

[17:56] modern millie had thank you for being a

[17:58] part of what we're doing and we'll catch

[17:59] you in the next episode

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