We recently connected with Lindsey Capron and have shared our conversation below.
Lindsey, thrilled to have you on the platform as I think our readers can really benefit from your insights and experiences. In particular, we’d love to hear about how you think about burnout, avoiding or overcoming burnout, etc.
I feel like overcoming burnout is a process especially when you’ve dealt with it for so long. In some cases, I feel like I’m still overcoming burnout now. This looks like being intentional about unlearning the methods and ideologies that gave me burnout to begin with. This means putting a conscious effort in steering away from “hustle culture” which is the main culprit in burnout. Taking breaks, vacations and setting boundaries definitely help me avoid burnout.
Also, creating just to create (no deadlines, no clients, no timeframes) definitely helps as well. Passion projects don’t have to be for the masses. It can be for you. It’s an open space where you’re not judge or on a time constraint. You’re creating for the sake of creating which helps bring more enjoyment.
Another method for me to help avoid burnout is using the Pomodoro Method (four 25-minute increments of focused time with a 5-10 minute break in between and a larger one break after the four increments of 25 minutes).
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
My name is a Lindsey Capron and I’m a blogger and web designer.
I knew that I always wanted to be a blogger because of my love for writing but I never thought about getting into the space of web designer. In fact, coming from Southern California with a pharmacy background, I knew for a fact it wasn’t. Web design happened to fall in my lap in the beginning of January 2018. I had just started a Christian faith based blog and was in the process of building it up. While building my site, I ended up breaking it.
At the time, I was unemployed and did have money to pay for it to get it fix. So, I had to learn how to fix. Soon after, others who had followed me on social media wanted to know who designed my blog, how they could start one, and if I could make a website for them. I slowly started to take clients and my web designs turned into a business Capron Creations which focused on custom, modern, functional web design for bloggers and small business with a coaching and teaching approach of how to maintain and care their website.
There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
If I could select three qualities, skills, or area of knowledge that I’ve found to be most impactful in my journey, it would design, simplicity, and teachability.
You can be a web design without some concept of design. Also, being laser focused my your design technique and style has been very impactful because it helped drawn my dream clients and desired audience.
I believe in the concept of “less is more.” Keeping things simple in my designs or when I’m teaching or coaching my clients, makes the interaction with my clients more engaging and give them a greater sense of empowerment.
More and more people are looking for ways where they can learn. They don’t want to be told what to do but taught what they should do so they can know for next time. Learning and also teaching is a great way sharpen your skills and gain confidence. Also, when you teach, you can make things more fun and engaging.
Everyone has their own skills and qualities of what maybe helpful for them, but I know that from a design aspect, these are my “tried and true” methods of what’s been working for me.
Any advice for folks feeling overwhelmed?
There are moments during the creative process where I feel overwhelmed. Instead of taking a break (which is more smart things to do), I try to forge and push ahead. Taking breaks when feeling overwhelmed is extremely important.
I believe that overwhelm is the precursor to burnout. How you handle the overwhelm matters. Taking breaks is like pressing the reset or refresh button on your mind even if it’s for five minutes. A systematic way of how I handle overwhelm is using the Pomodoro method (four 25-minute increments of focus time with a 5-10 minute break between those increments. A larger break of 30 minutes come once those 25-minute increments are done). This method will definitely help you with overwhelm and you’ll get more things done and less time.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.thebrilliantblogger.com
- Other: For web design: www.caproncreations.com
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