Unicorn Space Upending Burnout

Upending Burnout

Of course, if we don’t take time for ourselves – if we don’t self-soothe, self-care, reset in Nature and try to adopt non-multitasking habits – then that way burnout most likely lies. With an estimated 79% of people having at some point suffered from burnout, it is with widespread keenness, then, that the latest alternative concept of “unicorn space” is welcomed from lawyer and author, Eve Rodsky.

Find Your Unicorn Space: Reclaim Your Creative Life in a Too-Busy World promotes unicorn space as a moment for “active and open pursuit of self-expression”. Based on the premise of nurturing our natural talents and private interests, whether we’re already aware of them or not, unicorn space requires a commitment only to being our best selves. Unicorn space is not simply having a drink with a friend after work. Rather, it is about creative pursuits as immersion in activities that put us in a flow state, fully engaged. More than a hobby, a passion, or proactive self-care – unicorn space is a time for intention, creatively. A mental health protective measure, a 2021 study found that creativity allowed for “transformative coping” and imbued the person undertaking it to regain a sense of purpose in life.

Unicorns might be mythological, but saving yourself from burnout is a real possibility. It’s in oneself that we must believe.

What has the power to help burnout is an ability to get interested again in your own life.

- Eve Rodsky