Job Burnout, E-Sports, Time to Create, Backpacking, Changing Your Mindset, Humanities Majors, Weekend Review

Burnout at Your Dream Job (0:00:00) Our dreams in life can be so misleading –sometimes you feel like you know exactly what you want, only to have it turn out not quite how you expected. This can be especially true for a career-working nonstop to land a job, just to find out that you were merely scratching the surface on how hard it would be, isn’t the best motivator. So how do you reconcile having achieved your lifelong goal, but it can feel like it’s too much work? Today, we’re joined by Will Meyerhofer, a lawyer-turned-psychotherapist, here with us to discuss dealing with burnout at your dream job. The Mental Demands of E-Sports (0:22:35) E-sports have become a new, sweeping internet trend. With championships worth millions of dollars and platforms like Twitch developed specifically for fans to watch their favorite gamers live, E-sports are here to stay. But what does a virtual game have in common with real life, on the field games? Well just like any sport, E-sports require mental toughness. Here to discuss the mental demands of E-sports and how players are impacted is sports psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Chichester, England, Dr. Phil Birch. Time to Create (0:38:08) We all have this innate desire to create. Your idea might be an art piece, a film, a business, or a podcast. You have the idea, now you just need the time to make it happen. So, I guess it’s good that the one thing we have too much of these days in quarantine is time. But isn't it crazy how working from home and being around your family 24/7 seems to fill all the hours in your day? It feels like we only have time for an episode of our favorite show rather than anew creative project. Well, that might not be so true. Today we invited Bryan Collins on the show to share how we can use the Pomodoro technique and our extra time to tap into our creative juices and make something. He’s a journalist and author of “Yes, You Can Write”. Backpacking for Beginners (0:52:45) I hear a lot of people s