Creative burnout is a state of physical, mental and emotional exhaustion that affects your creative work. It can keep you from maintaining a consistent creative practice or it may prevent you from creating altogether.

Every person's experience of burnout is different. The exhaustion of burnout exists on a continuum and varies in intensity for each individual depending on the daily demands on their energy. But there are common expressions of exhaustion that we can consider.

Anything that drains us of our physical and mental energy can lead to creative burnout. We are all individuals with unique circumstances and personalities, so each person's reasons for being burnt out will differ.

Broadly speaking, burnout may be tackled on two main fronts: by addressing the factors that contribute to your burnout, and by caring for your nervous system so it can make more energy for you.