Burnout

We’ve all experienced the feeling of crunch time, when deadlines are approaching we have to work extra hard, often putting in long hours to get the project over the line. However, if you work too hard for too long, then it can become overwhelming. We can become mentally and physically exhausted, experience headaches, insomnia and a range of other symptoms. These not only affect us, but reduce our productivity, so it is in everyone’s best interest to avoid.

You can read more about burnout on The Mental Health Foundation Website.


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How Writing Saved My Life

  Mike Simpson
  Self-Care
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Yes, I know, it’s a melodramatic and clickbaity title. But it is definitely true that writing about my experiences enabled me to process what I’d been through and allowed me to finally recover after years of struggling with depression, anxiety and insomnia.

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My Backstory

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I became a father in April 2020, a couple of weeks into the UK’s first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic. I found myself not only dealing with challenges of being a new parent for the first time, but had to do so while holding down a job during the chaos and...

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