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Unread 29-12-2015, 02:44
AustinSchuh AustinSchuh is offline
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Re: Stress, burnout, and stepping back

My strategy while I was in college was to limit the time I spent at robotics. I would come help the team Friday and Saturday, and then go home and get ready for the next school week on Sunday. It was easy to maintain the separation since the team was an hour away where I grew up, and I would stay over night.

My current strategy on 971 is to try to find enough mentors so we can still have a lot of fun and do really cool stuff, but not work as hard while doing it. I also try to make sure that new mentors know that they don't have to be the ones to own solving all the problems. We have a team for that, and if all they can do is put in a couple hours here and there, that is still very helpful. We've been keeping a lot of our mentors, and (fingers crossed), hopefully we can continue that.

Hopefully that starts you thinking. I wish you luck!
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