Parker Palmer - Burnout Is Often About Trying to Give What We Don't Have to Give

Burnout by boredom besets people who feel uninspired by and disengaged from their life for an extended period.

I listened as my mum (a psychiatrist) explained that burnout isn’t just a thing that happens to overworked people in stressful jobs. It can happen to anyone when work stops feeling meaningful, enjoyable or manageable. When you’re burned out, you feel overwhelmed and undermotivated. You feel like you can’t keep up the pace, no matter how hard you tr

burnout represents the pathological consequence of voluntary self-exploitation.

Social burnout afflicts people, like Lisa, whose battery is consistently low because they aren’t sticking to their social limits.