Sep 14, 2026 · 43 min · 12 segments
Send us Fan Mail There is a particular kind of exhaustion that belongs to people who are genuinely gifted. Not the exhaustion of someone struggling…
Nona JonesHost
There's a particular kind of exhaustion that belongs to people who are genuinely gifted.
but the exhaustion of someone who keeps getting asked because they're capable, because they show up, because the joy they carry makes people want them in the room.
And so the invitations keep coming, the boards, the committees, the volunteer roles, the ministry assignments, the professional responsibilities.
And you said yes, because you love people, because you feel the call, because the work matters, because turning down the opportunity to make a difference feels like turning down God himself.
But then one day you look up and the weight of everything you're carrying feels less like purpose and more like pressure, less like calling and more like sealing.
And you find yourself wondering, how do I keep doing all of this without something or someone falling through the cracks? and the something you are most afraid of losing is not a project or a position.
Not because the yes is wrong, but because it keeps writing checks that your capacity cannot cash indefinitely.
There's a particular kind of exhaustion that belongs to people who are genuinely gifted.
but the exhaustion of someone who keeps getting asked because they're capable, because they show up, because the joy they carry makes people want them in the room.
And so the invitations keep coming, the boards, the committees, the volunteer roles, the ministry assignments, the professional responsibilities.
And you said yes, because you love people, because you feel the call, because the work matters, because turning down the opportunity to make a difference feels like turning down God himself.
But then one day you look up and the weight of everything you're carrying feels less like purpose and more like pressure, less like calling and more like sealing.
And you find yourself wondering, how do I keep doing all of this without something or someone falling through the cracks? and the something you are most afraid of losing is not a project or a position.
Not because the yes is wrong, but because it keeps writing checks that your capacity cannot cash indefinitely.
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