Avoid Burnout: Work for Five Hours or Fewer a Day

You owe it to yourself not to overwork

Paul Maplesden
Ironclad Creative
Published in
5 min readApr 25, 2023

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As freelancers and content creators, we know how to work hard. That’s not a surprise — when we’re responsible for our financial security, we know that it all comes down to the projects we bill and the work we deliver.

But, there’s a danger here: Overworking and burnout. If we want to protect our peace of mind and increase our resilience, then we must be careful about how much time we spend on mentally draining, deep, creative work.

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Paul Maplesden
Ironclad Creative

Tea-drinking, hat-wearing, game-playing, science-loving, professional-writing, armchair philosopher.