Most burnout advice is written for people who have a manager, an HR department, and sick pay.
You have none of those things. This is a diagnostic tool, not a wellness pamphlet. Five axes. Concrete protocols. Know exactly where your risk is highest before the warning light comes on.
Employed people burn out and go on sick leave. They have a safety net: income continues, HR checks in, a manager covers the work.
When you burn out as a solopreneur, the business you built around your capability suddenly depends on a version of you that no longer exists.
Most solopreneurs don't recognise burnout until they're already in it. The warning signs are there weeks earlier — but there's no system to read them.
This audit is that system. Five axes. Scored honestly. A concrete protocol for each, matched to your score.
Score each axis before reading the protocols. Work your lowest axis first, completely, before moving to the next. Burnout recovery isn't about doing everything at once — it's about finding the highest-leverage intervention and doing it properly.
Are you carrying more than one person can sustainably carry?
Do you have enough human contact that is not transactional?
Does what you are doing still mean something to you?
Are you running your business, or is it running you?
Are you actually recharging, or just pausing?
Included in your download: a single HTML file that runs the same five-axis framework interactively. Offline. No account. No internet required after download.
Score each axis with sliders. See your tier instantly. Results save between sessions so you can track your scores across quarters.
Burnout risk is low. Your job is maintenance and early detection — not intervention. The danger is gradual drift. Watch your lowest axis most carefully — that's where the first crack appears.
Real vulnerability. One bad quarter, one difficult client, one personal event — and the pressure tips into crisis. Identify your two lowest-scoring axes and start there. Not a new tool. Those two axes.
Stop adding load. This level affects your judgment, your relationships, your health, and your client work — which creates the pressure that accelerates the burnout. The exit is reducing inputs, not working harder.
12 pages. The complete five-axis diagnostic, scored protocols for every tier, a recovery priority stack, and a final note on running sustainable.
Score each axis with sliders. See your tier instantly. Track scores across quarters. Offline — no internet required. Single file, open in any browser.
A diagnostic tool for solopreneurs who run hot and want to know exactly how close to the edge they actually are — before the warning light comes on.