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Hey there! :)

I am currently starting a project in fashion and since the industry is pretty closed-knitted ,and I don´t have a background in fashion, I thought a mentor would not only teach me loads but also help me break into it and gain contacts.

Last year I did a live-streamed online course in a somewhat famous fashion magazine, and our teacher was the marketing director of said magazine. She is a lovely woman, super hardworking and we got on quite well despite the classes being online.

I have thought of going to her to learn from her and get her advice for my project, as well as personally build a long lasting friendship. I have been accepted in a startup accelerator in the city where she is based now, so having to do trips quite frequently there will make it easy to see each other and chat over coffee.

My biggest question is: what would she get out of this? how can i make being my mentor seem attractive?

I was originally thinking of offering her some stake at my company (5-10% perhaps?, I have no other stakeholders), but I´m not sure if this will be enough to have her interest.

Where I am from (Europe) having mentors isn´t as popular as it is maybe in the US, so I also don´t know how should I approach this or propose it to her. Any tips on this?

Thanks very much everyone, means a lot to me! :)

Hey there

Posting here instead of a sub about mental health or something similar since I suppose their advice will be more inclined towards "go on vacation" or "go for walks, learn to delegate".

I am super burned out and can´t afford to stop working. This is an endless circle of Im not as productive so I work longer hours that never ends.

I´m (21F) in uni, have a job in marketing and have a business (been doing this for a bit less than a year) that has just gotten into a startup accelerator, about to launch a marketing agency with a co-founder and an AI product with another co-founder, this one will take longer to see the sun.

I know it looks like I have a lot on my plate, and I probably do, but I have talked about the projects with mentors and investors and they think they are genuinelly good, I can´t stop or choose one or the others.

I also don´t have the funds to employ someone yet, and I think even if I did I don´t think i could have someone doing what I´m supposed to be doing (yes I have a bad case of "want things my way").

I go on walks, to the gym, read and spend spare days in bigger towns museum hopping every now and then, but I can´t stop myself from looking at things in terms of ROI: I might go to a museus, but I´m lowkey looking for inspiration for designs for one of my ideas; I might go to the gym but i´m just trying to look hotter because I´ve seen how much better people treat me than others for my looks (also would want to try modeling so I´m getting my measurements in check for that). I might read something but only if its related to business, M&A, mindset...

I take long as f* getting ready in the morning when I used to jump out of bed and get straight to work, and can´t really feel strong emotions anymore: not a lot of joy, not a lot of sadness either, I only ever feel super happy when something i had been working on materializes.

So... what do you do when you´re burned out but can´t stop? What are things that keep you from burning out? Do you have a very strict routine or go with the flow as the day goes?