[waialua359]

Mentor burnout on our team has happened for 2 main reasons:
1. We spent way too much time at the end of build season, even though we were at the point of diminishing returns (because everyone is so tired).
2. Working every day of build season.

In recent years, we have taken several days off to rest. We have also treated our seasons as if it was the "5 week build season." This forced our team to spend a lot more time/effort in the beginning and treat the last week as a more relaxed, but focused effort without being as tired.

Of course, it doesnt always work out because the design doesnt........but at least we try.

Overall, we try to be over-prepared prior to the build season so that we dont have to waste time doing non-robot building tasks in addition to the the crazy amount of things that have to happen.
We have a 3 week winter break this year just prior to build season, and have spent time preparing.
I always order more parts than I need, have the students clean every inch of all of our Robotics workspace, update all of our computers, pre-make website pages documenting our build season, and booking/planning our trips down to a written agenda just to name a few.