Sustainable Success Nudge from Your Future Self:
💬 “Burnout isn’t just exhaustion. It’s losing the ability to do the thing you’re meant to do with joy.” — Michelle Falzon

This week: Protect your joy on purpose. The work you’re meant to do deserves a resourced you.

Hi Melinda, 

In Sustainable Success, I share that burnout isn’t just about doing too much—it’s about losing joy in the very thing you were called to do.

That’s why we create a Baseline Self-Care Plan—to protect that joy every day, not after the crash.
It’s what keeps your nervous system steady, your creativity accessible, and your spirit in the work you love.

And when your output ramps up—launches, live events, campaigns, programs, deadlines—your self-care has to ramp up too.

Not later.
Now.

In Chapter 7, I walk you through exactly how to do that: how to map your Project Self-Care Plan timeline and your energy timeline side by side, just like I and my team did, so you lead your work instead of letting it drain you.

Remember: you’re not beholden to your work.
Your work is beholden to you.

Because success built on exhaustion isn’t sustainable—but success built on joy always is.

👉 Today’s nudge:
Look at the project currently on your plate.
Ask yourself:

“Where does joy need to be protected in this?”

Then make one small adjustment to honor it. (If you need a spark of ideas, you'll find plenty in Chapter 4 of Sustainable Success.)

That’s your integration practice.

With love (and joy as your new metric),
Melinda