How do you handle "burnout" as a student who is also a content creator?

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I have had better results treating the channel as a small publication rather than a daily obligation. Pick one repeatable format, keep a short idea backlog, and batch only the parts that do not require fresh thinking, such as formatting, screenshots, or scheduling.

For the next few weeks, I would set a minimum viable cadence that fits around the capstone, even if that means one useful post a week. Tell the audience plainly that you are in a busy season and reuse one strong idea across formats instead of inventing from scratch. A planned pause is much healthier than trying to maintain a schedule that is quietly damaging your grades and energy.

You are trying to do too much. The hard truth is that your capstone project actually gets you your degree, while social media algorithms do not care about your mental health. If you stop posting for a month, you will lose some reach, but you can build it back. If you want to keep it alive without losing your mind, automate the low-value tasks. Stop spending hours designing graphics or writing captions. I actually built a tool called Anomalia (https://anomalia.so) to handle this exact pipeline, disclosure: I am the founder.

If you do not want to use tools, just repost your classics. Take your top performing posts from six months ago, tweak the hook, and schedule them again. Your audience has forgotten them anyway. Prioritize your degree.

Scheduled Crossposting to social media & blog on Notifly helps.