Enneagram with Alex

The what-ifs don't clock out when you do. Sixes carry the weight of everything that could go wrong so the org doesn't have to — and nobody notices. Including you.

Seeing what could go wrong and showing up anyway? That's not pessimism. That's courage with a really good risk assessment.

Drop a 🔒 if you've ever been called negative for being the only realist in the room.

The most enthusiastic person in the room is often the one feeling it the most deeply — and moving too fast to let it land. This one's for the Sevens. Drop a 🚀 if you've ever pivoted when you probably should have paused.

In nonprofits, there's often a particular kind of worker who sees the problem clearly, says it out loud, and then gets quietly labeled as the difficult one. The intense one. The one who makes meetings uncomfortable.

That's usually an Eight.

And here's what I know about Eights in this sector: you're not speaking up because you like conflict. You're speaking up because you genuinely cannot watch the mission get compromised and say nothing. That's not a personality flaw, that's integrity.

The burnout that comes from that is specific and brutal. It's not just tired. It's the exhaustion of being right, being ignored, and showing up anyway, over and over again.

You are not the problem. You just refused to pretend there wasn't one.

If that's you, drop a 🔥 below.

If you're a Nine in the nonprofit world, I want to ask you something.

When's the last time someone asked what you needed...and you actually answered honestly?

Not the "I'm fine, don't worry about me" answer. The real one.

Nines are some of the most quietly essential people in any organization. You hold the culture together. You make space for everyone. You smooth over things that would blow up without you.

And you do it so naturally that nobody (including you) notices when the tank is empty.

Burnout for a Nine doesn't look like a breakdown. It looks like going through the motions so gracefully that everyone assumes you're fine. Until you're not. Until you can't even remember what you actually care about anymore.

You're allowed to take up space. Your needs are part of the mission, too.

Drop a 🕊️ if this is you. And if there's a Nine on your team holding everything together, tag them. They probably won't tag themselves.

POV: You work in a nonprofit and you're tired.

Not just "long week" tired. Tired in your SOUL.

We've all been there, but how burnout shows up looks wildly different depending on who you are. So I'm doing a series.

All 9 Enneagram types. Nonprofit burnout edition. Funny because it's true, real because it has to be.

Follow along, tag your coworkers, send this to your ED (anonymously if needed 👀).

Drop your type below — I'm coming for all of you. 💜

Your friends keep asking what the Enneagram is. Send them this. 😅

Skip the quiz — the real way to find your type is to read about what DRIVES each one and ask yourself honestly why you do the things you do

It’ll make you go “oh no. that’s me.” 😬

Drop your type in the comments 👇

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Swipe to find yourself → and drop your type in the comments 👇 (I already know the Type 5s won't)