 Welcome to The Journey. Today we're going to talk about self-care tips for busy entrepreneurs. If you're an entrepreneur, they start their ventures for a number of reasons. It could be that you want a flexible schedule, or autonomy. You don't want to look in and have to report to someone. Or you want to actually have the challenge of starting something on your own. So reality sets in, and as an entrepreneur you realize, oh, this is actually more stressful than I thought it was going to be. And what comes up? Potential to get burned out. And burnout is caused when you're overworked, or you're just taking on too many responsibilities. And as a result, the quality of your work, as well as the motivation and interest, could also decrease. And fortunately, burnout is preventable, and here are some tips. So the first one, this is one that I definitely do at home, take frequent breaks. So for example, in between my tasks throughout the day, I'll often take times like, hey, throw in a load of laundry, take a shower, maybe even take a little siesta. And that helps me to stay fresh and also keep the quality of my work up. And we think that this could be counterintuitive, because taking so many breaks, how can you be productive? But just like Emma said, if you work too long, your actual focus begins to gradually, rapidly, actually diminish. So you definitely want to take those breaks. Yeah, and I see even when my colleagues, I go visit them in Austin, they work in the office. And when I see them eating lunch at their desk, I'm like, no, go take this as a mental break. Get out of the office or sit somewhere else that's not conditioned to work inside the office. So you're actually getting that break from what you're doing, and you'll come back more energized and have the ability to focus. Some suggest using a shorter focus period, say 25 minutes of work, a five minute break, or 52 minutes of work, and then a 17 minute break. Oh, that's like the Pomodoro technique, which got a video on that. So another self-care tip, one of my favorites, focus on health and wellness. So exercise. I know I mentioned, or dance, that's exercise. I know I mentioned taking breaks like to shower, throw in laundry. But I know also doing a little break to exercise is going to help me to release some endorphins, helps my focus, and doesn't also enlarge the hippocampus. Yes, it actually helps with memory. He remembered. And also, you think about your nutrition. For instance, for me, when I go to work, I'm milk rep. So I bring in some healthy things, because unfortunately sometimes at the office, you know, you bring in a lot of snacks and it's not so healthy. I bring in what I know my body needs to actually fuel it to do what I need it to do. And there's a lot of great foods out there. I know everything from blueberries to boost those antioxidants. Also, avocado, I added on everything. I know, so California. Avocado toast, get those good nutritious foods in your body to help you feel energized. And again, the ability to focus and overall just well-being. Also one that I can't stress enough. I really can't. Get more quality sleep. You know me, Sam. Eight, nine hours at least. Yeah, every night. If not, you know what's going to happen? You're going to be irritable. It's harder to focus. You lose your concentration. So think about it. Self-care tip, put those qualities ease at the top of your list. Next tip, find opportunities to delegate and outsource. If you're doing too much, you can just be unmotivated, losing the passion for it. So just focus on the core competencies of your business and outsource the rest. Yeah, that was a big game changer for me. I host a webinar every week, which a lot goes into that. And I found delegating tasks for the webinar. Like the little mundane monotonous things that I don't necessarily need to be doing and I can get help with from other team members has been a game changer when it comes to that. So with these tips, you can actually decrease the opportunity of burnout and actually go back to remembering why you actually became an entrepreneur. Whether it been the autonomy. You didn't want to work for anybody else. You wanted to take control of it. Or if you just enjoyed the challenge of running a business, start to remember and focus on those things that are going on and treat them as, hey, these are growing pains. Or if you just wanted that flexible schedule so that you can just do whatever you want it. Yes, please. Figure out that I don't want to have to clock in. I have control of my schedule. Make sure you remember these tips. All right, that's a wrap. You just learned self-care tips for busy entrepreneurs. Be sure to like this video. Comment below with your favorite tip and make sure you ring the bell so you're notified when we have fresh new content coming up. This is The Journey. See you next time.