@ Chuck- Having worked for a bank for 6 years before finally quitting I know what you mean. It took me three months just to start applying for jobs again. Had I realized I was heading for burnout I think the 3 months would have been a lot shorter.

I think the retreat idea is a brilliant one. The effects of burnout will almost always do your professional reputation more harm than good, and warning your clients was the perfect way to go about it.

I’m glad you like the blog. I like yours too, even though I secretly think you guys came up to Ontario and got married. It’s still legal here – there’s still time! :)

We started to feel that we could not provide adequate service to our clients and that growing the team while growing the workload was not a healthy path. So we asserted a planned retreat. We told all our clients in August and September that we would be doing a retreat in september and slowing business down until November.

I believe we would have really burned and crashed if we didn’t make that move.

Naomi, on a more general note. I love your blog. It’s really fantastic how you attack these pertinent issues with charisma and real life sensibility.

@ Susan – thank you, again. E-mail away. Although I might have run away to Bali by then. They have internet cafes in Indonesia, don’t they?

Of course, you know I’ll be emailing you again come Monday :)