23rd January 2026

Consistency is key, but there’s a fine line between consistency and burnout.

I’m willing to bet money that there is someone, somewhere on planet earth, with “consistency is key” tattooed on their skin. Fair play to them.

Being tired is a badge of honour, right?

If I encounter that person, I hope I remember that I want to ask about their thoughts on burnout. In the current society that sells tiredness and exhaustion like some badge of honour, I want to know if they feel pressure to stand by something they have inked.

These days, it feels like if you’re not tired, you’re probably not working hard enough. When you clock out of your day job, you should be clocking into your side hustle. Concern for mental health and work — life balance feels like lip service.

Ideally, we should be able to manage consistency in a fashion that doesn’t lead to burnout. Most of us don’t live in an ideal world.

Money may fend off burnout

Financial wealth affords some people the ability to thicken their line between consistency and burnout. Most of us don’t have the luxury of the kind of financial freedom to outsource mundane tasks and essentially buy some of our time back.