# 1164: How to Pace Yourself for Success and Long-Term Thriving with Elizabeth Svoboda Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-be-awesome-at-your-job-956232/1164-how-to-pace-yourself-for-success-and-long-term-thriving-with-elizabeth-svoboda Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-be-awesome-at-your-job-956232/1164-how-to-pace-yourself-for-success-and-long-term-thriving-with-elizabeth-svoboda.md Podcast: [How to Be Awesome at Your Job](https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-be-awesome-at-your-job-956232) Published: 2026-06-29T06:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/prefix.up.audio/s/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/mgln.ai/e/211/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/56b1810e-2660-4744-a42d-fe65363fc08b.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/prefix.up.audio/s/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/mgln.ai/e/211/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/56b1810e-2660-4744-a42d-fe65363fc08b.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-to-be-awesome-at-your-job-956232/episodes/1164-how-to-pace-yourself-for-success-and-long-term-thriving-with-elizabeth-svoboda Duration seconds: 2637 ## Resource Elizabeth Svoboda shares expert tactics for finding the right pace to sustain your energy for the long haul. — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) The subtle warning signs you’re overpacing 2) How to structure your day for maximum energy 3) How to streamline your day with selective mediocrity  Subscribe or visit   AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1164  for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT ELIZABETH —  Elizabeth Svoboda is an award-winning science writer and contributor to Scientific American, Discover, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, and other publications. Elizabeth is a winner of the Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for Young Science Writers, and her work has been anthologized in the Best American Science and Nature Writing series. She lives in San Jose, California, with her husband and young sons. • Book:  The Art of Pacing: A Guide to Balancing Short-Term Demands with Long-Term Thriving • Instagram: svobodster • Website:  ElizabethSvoboda.com • Newsletter: “The Art of Pacing” — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Technique: Resonance frequency breathing • App: Elite HRV • Study: “Long-term follow-up of residual symptoms in patients treated for stress-related exhaustion” by Kristina Glise, Lilian Wiegner, and Ingibjörg H. Jonsdottir • Instagram: Dr. Whitney Casares • Book: Etty Hillesum: An Interrupted Life the Diaries, 1941-1943 and Letters from Westerbork by Etty Hillesum • Past episode: 014: Emotional Mastery with Dr. Marcia Reynolds • Past episode: 1005: How to Feel Energized Every Day with Dr. Michael Breus — THANK YOU SPONSORS! —  •  Shopify . Sign up for your $1/month trial at  Shopify.com/awesomepod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-to-be-awesome-at-your-job-956232/episodes/1164-how-to-pace-yourself-for-success-and-long-term-thriving-with-elizabeth-svoboda/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-be-awesome-at-your-job-956232/1164-how-to-pace-yourself-for-success-and-long-term-thriving-with-elizabeth-svoboda.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.