Burnout
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Burnout
When an industry fails to address the societal and structural factors that make this type of work harder, and rely on workers’ passion to power the whole industry through a snowballing crisis....in those cases, not even a strong union can protect the worker from the burnout built into the system. You go beyond burnout to demoralization, which is... See more
When Your Profession is On Fire
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.
“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 Shearx.comthread
Living with Intensity: Understanding the Sensitivity, Excitability, and Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents, and Adults
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amazon.es"I understand there's a guy inside me who wants to lay in bed, smoke weed all day, and watch cartoons and old movies. My whole life is a series of stratagems to avoid, and outwit, that guy.”
— Anthony Bourdain
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