34. How I Went from 15-Hour WEEKS to 12-Hour DAYS Again | did I burnout again, vulnerable lessons from the big push

SummaryIn this conversation, Kate drops what really happened when she went back from 15-hour workweeks to 12-hour days during busy girl summer 2025. She shares BTS lessons from the massive push, the hidden costs of your “yeses”, and her new insights on resilience. Expect some reaaaal hard truths about capacity, creativity, and what time freedom actually requires 🌶️🔥Top Takeaways & Quotes💭 “Resilience isn’t a f*cking flex anymore. The flex is results that don’t sacrifice your health, sanity, or relationships.”🧠 Templates are powerful, but they don’t replace vision, strategy, or capacity.⚡️ The summit was 3x harder than I expected, and I expected it to be the hardest thing I'd ever done anyway.📆 Every YES requires many invisible NOs. One yes might cost you your gym time, relationship, or mindset hour.💡 “Systems lift heavier when they’re personalized to your business.”👅 Working weekends, losing creativity, and falling into survival mode isn’t a trade-off I’ll make again.📉 Momentum isn’t built in sprints. It's built through sustainable, capacity-conscious growth.🔥 You can't hustle your way out of hustleMentioned ResourcesLifehack TribeKate’s past podcast episode: “33. THE SUMMIT TEA IS SPILLIN' | what I would NEVER do again while hosting a summit”🧠 Your Next StepsIdentify a YES you made recently and the NOs that came with it. Was it worth it?Want more productivity + systems content?Follow Kate on Instagram ⁠here 👉🏻 https://www.instagram.com/moretolifekateMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/cruen/in-the-nowLicense code: HIJYJZDNTYYFMVVJ