My point - the best youth pastors are the youth pastors who burn out really fast. Wanting to work too much is a great thing because it means you have a passion and excitement for your job. However it takes a long time to develop an awareness of when to turn off.

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Here are the 9 most common mistakes made by both veteran and rookie youth pastors.

I think a lot of us "should" know how to take care of ourselves--spiritually and emotionally, but very rarely do youth pastors talk about how we can take care of ourselves physically. It is like youth pastors have ignored one of the seven deadly sins--namely gluttony.

It is my goal to be a youth ministry lifer. This Fall I am entering my 7th year of youth ministry and I hope I have many more successful years of youth ministry. I attended this open space because I wanted to learn and listen to veteran youth pastors about how to best endure youth ministry vocational hardships.