Five Tips To Help Musicians Avoid Burnout

Musicians and the individuals who support the art form are some of the busiest people I know.

Our field seems to be in an endless cycle of doing more to justify the existence of this art we all care so much about. It’s almost as though there is an imaginary badge of honor for being the busiest artist or organization on the block.

The problem is that this type of hustle culture is fanning the flames of burnout in our field.

We need to do more to build in some guard rails that allow us to slow down and avoid collectively feeling exhausted all the time.

Here are five things I try to do to avoid burnout.

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