Burnout and Art as a business- I’ve been quite on here this week for a few reasons. Over the last few months I haven’t been very well I found out I was pregnant again had pretty bad morning sickness and wasn’t able to get out of bed for a month. I was super stressed over business related things and with the push of my partner decided to take a holiday. It took me a really long time while there to finally switch off business mode and try to relax. I had so much to unpack so much stress and anxiety from running a art business being the sole provider and the shock of being pregnant again. I knew I needed to make a change but didn’t realise it till after I got back home and just couldn’t keep going how much of a change I needed. Over the last 2-3 years I’ve worked so hard 6-7 days a week long past the usual 9-5 hours doing more than one person should. So slowly over time that I didn’t even realise it myself I started to lose my passion and my drive to create it started to feel like a job and art shouldn’t feel that way. If it starts to be all about profit and margins then run in the other direction because that’s not what art is about. In this fast paced world where we are almost made to become constantly productive all the time what most don’t realise is that burnout is a real thing. It can look a lot like depression or fatigue but can also be both. Looking back I should have seen it over a year ago when I was falling to the floor in tears unable to do anymore. It’s taken me up until a few days ago to realise that I’m actually incredibly overly burnt out and if I don’t stop now then I could lose more than my passion to paint but also my health.