Burnout
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Burnout
“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.
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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 not what it presents: it’s not about working too hard for too long, burnout is about working in the face of a goal that seems too far out, too unattainable, too abstract.
Everyone has what I’ve come to call a “gratification window,” the period of time in which there must be a believable reward in order to stay motivated. As exemplified... See more
Everyone has what I’ve come to call a “gratification window,” the period of time in which there must be a believable reward in order to stay motivated. As exemplified... See more
The worst thing you can do with burnout is to try and fight it.
Take a break. Come back. It'll all still be there.
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