YouTube monologue by Katie McManus (Oct 2023) where the speaker gives a personal life update: she has resumed reading (about 7.5 books in a month), is enjoying a fantasy-romance trilogy, and asks viewers for fantasy-romance book recommendations. She also advises small business owners to find non-work ways to unwind to avoid burnout and to prefer healthy stress-relief methods.
Okay, so just a little life update. I have read about seven and a half books in a month. I just picked reading back up. And can I just tell you this? This series. Oh, God, this little trilogy here. Is money so good. Anyway, yeah, I'm a reader now. I haven't been a reader in a really long time. If you run a business, it's really important to have ways to turn off so that your brain is not going 100 miles an hour about your business 24 7. Let me tell you, that is exactly how you burn out. And if you're starting business, the whole point is to build a sustainable income. And if you burn out, guess what happens to that sustainable income? It goes away. So whether it's reading or another hobby or, I don't know, watching tv, whatever it is for you, find a way to unwind that completely turns your brain off from work mode. And bonus points, if you find different ways to relieve stress that don't involve things like alcohol or other things. Running a business is really stressful, and you don't want to set yourself up to be dependent on certain things to deal with stress. Now here's what I need from you. Okay? So if you're into fantasy fiction and like fantasy romance, I need book recommendations because this is how much I have left of this book, and then I'm done, and I don't know what to read next.