Every note, record, and margin scribble holds more than one story. Most people think social media requires constant invention. New ideas. New hooks. New posts every day. Family historians don’t have that problem. We have the opposite one. We sit on rich stories. Case studies. Records filled with names, dates, places, and quiet human moments. The challenge isn’t finding content. It’s realizing that one family history story already holds weeks of meaningful social media posts.

Burnout doesn’t usually come from doing nothing.  It comes from doing too much for too long. Burnout rarely arrives with a warning sign. It usually sneaks in quietly, disguised as motivation. Good intentions. A desire to do things right. In genealogy and on social media, unsustainable habits often look productive on the surface. Underneath, they slowly drain energy and joy from the work we love. The hardest part is that many of these habits feel normal, even expected. That’s

A reintroduction is simply saying, “This is where I am now.” And that’s enough. Reintroducing yourself online isn’t an announcement. It isn’t a confession. And it definitely isn’t starting over. A reintroduction is a moment of clarity. On social media, time collapses. People follow you years apart. They arrive through one post and never see the context that came before it. Meanwhile, you grow. Your focus shifts. Your work evolves. Without a reintroduction, the story others se

Most genealogists don’t need more ideas. They need fewer steps. This quick guide introduces three practical AI-assisted workflows that cut down the time spent posting on social media while keeping your content thoughtful, accurate, and human. These are the same types of workflows I use and teach within Genealogy & The Social Sphere, because they work in real life, not just in theory.