ABOUT THIS EPISODE
52% of creators have experienced burnout because of their careers. Nearly 2 in 5 have thought about quitting entirely. Most consistency advice assumes your life stays the same every week, and it doesn't.
Today we're talking about your BAM: your bare ass minimum. The floor you commit to no matter what season you're in. Kate has been in BAM mode for two weeks and breaks down exactly what hers looks like right now.
What We Cover:
- What a BAM is and where the concept came from (shoutout to Grace)
- The two failure modes creators default to without one: treating every week like a peak week, or all-or-nothing cycling
- Why your BAM is a business decision, not a self-care decision
- How consistency shows up when a brand evaluates your page
- Why retainer partnerships make a BAM non-negotiable
- Question 1: What can you sustain in your absolute worst week?
- Question 2: What's the least that keeps your page alive?
- Kate's exact current BAM, including what she's dropped entirely
- Question 3: What can you batch or systematize?
- Why the tasks you dread almost always take less time than you think
- Question 4: What are you giving yourself permission not to do?
- Why guilt about not working is worse than either working or resting
- The trap: your BAM is a tent, not a house
- How to recognize your cues for shifting in and out of BAM mode
- Why what you see on other creators' pages tells you nothing about what's happening behind them
Your Challenge: Answer the four questions. Write down your BAM. Then write down the cue that tells you it's time to shift back out.
Episodes Referenced: S2E2: Is your profile brand ready? Ep 13: Retainers
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