Stop romanticizing the grind. Being exhausted isn't a personality trait it's a sign you're under resourced.

You don't have to hustle yourself into burnout.

I see this so much with high-performing EAs:

You're working 50-60 hour weeks. You're checking email at 10pm. You're working through lunch. You haven't taken a real vacation in 2 years.

And when someone asks how you're doing, you say, "Busy! But I'm crushing it."

You post on LinkedIn about your "hustle" and your "dedication."

You wear your exhaustion like a badge of honor.

But here's what's actually happening: You're covering for your company's understaffing and poor systems planning with your body and your time.

And you're not doing this because you're naive. You're doing it because:

1. You're good at your job and you take pride in that
2. You've been conditioned to believe that suffering = success
3. You don't want to let people down
4. You're hoping someone will notice and reward your effort

But they won't. Or they'll notice and just... keep letting you do it.

Because why would they hire another person when you're handling the work of two people already?

You're not weak for being exhausted. But you DO need someone to tell you: this is not sustainable, and it's not noble.

You need help identifying:

• Where your boundaries should be
• What you should stop doing (or delegate)
• Whether this is a resourcing problem or a YOU problem
• How to have the "I'm at capacity" conversation without sounding like you're complaining

That's exactly what we tackle in an EA Power Hour.

Bring me your struggle bus. In 60 minutes, we'll:

• Audit your actual workload vs. your job description
• Identify what you should stop doing immediately
• Script the "I need support" conversation with your manager
• Decide: is this fixable or is it time to find a better-resourced role?

Founder pricing: 20% off ($200 instead of $250).

This one hour could be the difference between burning out and setting boundaries that actually stick.

Reply "POWER HOUR" and let's fix this before you break.

Let's get you your life back, stat!

Christina Torres​
​Chief Creative Officer
​Run & Tell That - Copy. Career. Culture.
​w: www.runandtellthat.co e: christina@runandtellthat.co​