Burnout
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Burnout
"I think we talk about discipline because it feels tough to do. We’re doing the hard thing. We’re slogging through. But when we are at our best, we’re not slogging through. Great people are obsessed and they’re not slogging through. They are driven. They are motivated. They are deeply, deeply engaged. ... If it starts to feel like a slog and you’re... See more
“Burnout” is a particularly modern affliction, feeling simultaneously overwhelmed and paralyzed. I’ve found it’s best to think of burnout not as a disease but as a symptom, with many different etiologies. The big three: permanent on-call, broken steering, and mission doubt.
Emmett Sheartwitter.comSixian and
I get asked a lot about “tips for alleviating burnout,” and if you’ve been reading this newsletter for awhile, you know I have a few: put your phone on airplane mode before you go into the bedroom; don’t listen to podcasts on walks; dedicate time to hang out with your own mind. But the biggest one is something I first heard from fellow burnout... See more
Anne Helen Petersen • what great inconvenience
Rest is soft, or sensual. It’s massaging your own palms with your thumbs, or
touching a purring cat, or holding a warm mug of tea, or smelling flowers or
coffee beans or cut-up herbs
touching a purring cat, or holding a warm mug of tea, or smelling flowers or
coffee beans or cut-up herbs
Source: https://humanparts.medium.com/this-is-how-you-rest-768ac5e608db
The article on Medium is behind a paywall, but I have archived it for future reference.