There are three phases to just about anything you put your hands to:
Phase 1: Research
Phase 2: Planning
Phase 3: Implementation
If you're feeling burned out it probably means you're spending too much time in implementation. Time to grab a book, a podcast, a DVD, a mentor, and learn something new. Dip into an area more deeply than you have before. And as you learn a new skill don't let the urgent rob you from the experience of continued growth. Stop blaming your context and re-create it by carving out time daily, weekly, monthly to grow as a human being. The world needs more researchers. We need more people who approach the world with curiosity and wonder, with humility and with grace.
