Journey 018 - The High Cost of Burnout (with David T. Saunders)

<p><strong>Part 1: What does it Mean to be Involved in the Music Industry? (3:07)</strong></p><p>Before becoming highly involvement in the music industry, David used to have a high-paying job and led a comfortable life, but then it all changed and he suddenly had nothing. We discuss what life was like for him ten years ago and the beginning of his passion for performance, art and music.</p><p><i>Key Questions</i></p><p><i><strong>Q2: </strong>What did you envision for your life? (3:40)</i></p><p><i><strong>Q3:</strong>  What was life like before your active involvement in the music industry? (8:00)</i></p><p><i><strong>Q5:</strong> What would it take to stand out in a saturated society (i.e. wherever we look, there always seems to be so much of the same thing out there)? (20:18)</i></p><p><strong>Part 2: The High Cost of High Achievement (26:28)</strong></p><p>David talks about the prevalence of burnout in the music industry.  It is so easy for creatives to overwork themselves and David shares his own devastating experience of it and how he came out of it.</p><p><i><strong>Q6:</strong> What is the extent of your responsibilities in the music industry and the Tees Music Alliance? (26:45)</i></p><p><i><strong>Q7</strong>: What is burnout? (31:55)</i></p><p><i><strong>Q8:</strong>  For someone working in music and creative industry, what would lead to burnout? (35:35)</i></p><p><i><strong>Q9:  </strong>When you suffered from burnout, what did you do as a result? (41:50) </i></p><p><strong>Part 3: Finding the Hidden Balance (50:53)</strong></p><p>David shares advice for artists to maintain a work-home balances and we briefly touch on what changes are perhaps necessary in the creative industry.</p><p><i><strong>Q10: </strong>How do you maintain a balance when you become overworked? (51:30)</i></p><p><i><strong>Q11: </strong>How do you measure what you enjoy doing, what you want to achieve and how to combine that with a healthy mental, emotional and physical existence? (56:11)</i></p><p><i><strong>Q12: </strong>What do