Burnout

Burnout happens when you treat rest, reset, relax, recharge as a reward rather than a right.

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2 Types of Burnout

• Depletion Burnout
• Misalignment Burnout
  • 通常不是因為工作量太多 ¹，而是不知道為何而戰。

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How to Avoid Burnout?

“Never pump yourself dry.”

Hemingway advised against pushing to exhaustion. Leaving energy in reserve helps you maintain enthusiasm and consistency without burnout.

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A lot of “burnout” is just the result of prolonged exposure to environments you were never truly aligned with to start. Sometimes burnout is just a late-stage indicator or early-stage misalignment.

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See also:

• energy management

Footnotes

1. “Crunch mode”, also referred to as “crunch time,” is the term used by those in the software development industry to describe working extra hours for extended periods of time in order to finish a project or meet a deadline. ↔ Slack in project management is the time a task can be delayed without causing a delay to either subsequent tasks or project completion time. The amount of time before a constraint binds. ↩