7 Highly Successful People On The Best Way To Avoid Burnout And Stay Creative

Sage advice for the next time you need a boost.

- Kristen Bahler

WRITER’S BLOCK, procrastination, burnout. The hustle is real—but creative slumps can also be pretty relent less. The good news is that this happens to literally everyone. But some of us are just really good at powering through. Which prompts the question: How the heck do they do it? Is it grit? Discipline? Pure, unbridled genius?

To find out, we asked a handful of people in the art, business, and nonprofit worlds— all paid to be creative—how they get their light-bulb moments.

Next time you get the blahs, here are some tips for turning on the flow of ideas.

MOVE AROUND

“I squeeze anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes of fitness into my workday. Sometimes it’s just stretches at my desk or a lap around the Twitter campus between meetings. The quick boost of energy is often the difference between powering through my day at full energy and zoning out before the end of the day.”

OLINDA HASSAN

Partner, Twitter’s strategy and innovation team

STEP OUTSIDE YOURSELF