When you have high standards for yourself it’s only natural to want, or perhaps even need, everything you do to be done at nothing less than 100% of your capability.

These standards can lead you to excel in many of your pursuits, but they can also lead to burnout.

It might be possible to go all-in on your work, your health, your relationships, and your hobbies when you’re in cruising mode, you’re routine carrying on as normal.

But when one area of your life begins to demand more attention, time and focus, be it a big project at work or a difficult phase in a relationship, the answer is not to maintain your 100% commitment to your other pursuits as well.

Instead, you must accept that to do the truly important things well, you must be willing to introduce some healthy compromise in other areas of your life.

There’s only so much time, energy, and attention to go around. It’s up to you to decide where yours can most effectively be spent each moment, day, and week.

Priorities shift, and so too should the focus of your attention. Maintaining a standard of excellence in everything you do sounds good in theory but is a recipe for burnout and collapse if pursued too zealously.

Learn instead to recognize what matters in the moment and maintain a standard of excellence in that.

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