If you often feel burnout, there's one thing to check. Just because you have a lot of work doesn't necessarily mean it's hard.

What truly exhausts a person is not when I am driving the work, but when I feel that work is continuously pulling me along without rest.

As soon as I wake up in the morning, I check my emails, and while replying, I get a phone call, and once I hang up, another task arises.

Even while having lunch, thoughts of the tasks I need to do in the afternoon keep swirling in my mind. When I get home after work, I feel like I've forgotten something.

If this lifestyle continues, even if I earn money and my business is doing well, the feeling of happiness will inevitably decrease.

Therefore, what is important is not the amount of work but the rhythm.

I think it's better to let go of the idea that I must finish everything I need to do in a day.

Whether running a business or working for someone else, work inherently has no end.

Even if I handle all the emails today, more will come tomorrow. If I finish one client's work, another client is waiting.

Trying to finish something that inherently has no end every day is what tires a person out.

Instead, I should decide on about three things that I must do today.

If I handle those, I can consider that I've accomplished the important tasks for the day.

The rest can be done if I have time, and if not, I can do it tomorrow.

It's also important to clearly separate work time and rest time.

If I've focused on work for two to three hours, I need to completely shift my mind for about 20 to 30 minutes.

It's fine to go outside for a walk, have a coffee, do some running, or just listen to music at home without thinking about anything.

If I say I'm resting but continue to check emails or work-related tasks on my phone, that's not resting.

This separation is even more crucial when working from home. Since the computer is right next to me, I might want to check it even at 9 PM.

Surprisingly, an important aspect of living happily is not postponing small pleasures.

Traveling is for retirement, exercising is for when I have time, meeting friends is for when I'm free, and delicious food is for next time.

However, strangely enough, those 'free days' rarely come. When work decreases, other tasks arise.

So, happiness should also be scheduled.

Things like walking for 20 minutes in the morning, eating lunch slowly, having a cup of coffee in the afternoon, watching a favorite movie, or having dinner with family are small moments that should be preserved.

Life satisfaction is created more in these ordinary days than in big events that happen once or twice a year.

The best state is not a life without work, but a life where I control my work.

When I work, I focus, and when I rest, I rest without guilt. I can leave a little for tomorrow's me.

As I live day by day like this, I hope to realize that happiness does not come after finishing everything, but starts with knowing how to enjoy today.