When have you done enough?

Elena Salaks
8 min readMay 13, 2020

If you are like me, you have probably combed through your fair share of posts about productivity, WFH tips, and burnout warnings. And they are all great (message me if you want a recommendation). BUT what they don’t quite answer is-

How does one know when to stop working in order to establish personal boundaries and balance?

And that’s a problem. Because for us overachievers and people pleasers who are driven by a profound sense of one’s own inadequacy, no longer having a clear line in the sand is a recipe for burnout. And I say this recognizing I am one of…

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Elena Salaks

On a mission to have it all — a sleep deprived mktg/tech professional, mom, wife, friend & human rights activist. In US, originally from Ukraine