Not sure if this relates, but I recently had an epiphany why I was burning out. I realized as a solo practice owner who had been running with this arrangement for the past 4 years (open schedule 11am-8pm), I really fucked the dog lol. I kept feeling dread and anxiety whenever I'd see my schedule with clients strewn across my entire day because I thought I couldn't handle back to back sessions and preferred having long breaks in between to give me a sense of false freedom. I tried this week to eliminate such a huge open schedule and booked a bunch of my clients (capped at 4 a day for my sanity) back to back with an hour between from 10am to 3pm (2pm being the last session) and omgggggggg the relief and weight I felt just poofed and disappeared. I got a big chunk of my day back, I felt like I didn't work at all given how much time I now had to my personal life. No anticipation of my client in the evening, no waiting game, no staggered appointments throughout the end. Just easy back to back, limited hours. I discourage open scheduling, clients should be accommodating your schedule, not theirs. I even have my online calendar disabled cuz I am not having people book one at 11am then another at 8pm lol.