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Discussion on: I took a break to fight burnout

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Periklis Gkolias

Nice topic to touch. What about when 7 days are not even close to sufficient? 🙄

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Avi Aryan • Edited

It depends on why you got burned out and where you are in life.

Possible answers

  1. Negotiate for a more sane workweek (or do the change yourself if you are self-employed).

  2. Change job (or outsource/scrap/sell that business).

  3. Include a fun hobby in your routine.

  4. Keep remembering why you are going through this in the first place. It could be because of urgent bills to pay, family financial situation, etc.

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Periklis Gkolias

Those are good bullets. My point is that if you have burned out (at least in my experience), not even a month of rest can help you recover. And of course this month is most of the times infeasible to be granted.

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Avi Aryan

Good point. Fortunately, I haven't been that burned out so I can't relate.

Still, remembering why you are going through this situation might help, and striving every day, ever so slightly to improve your situation. 🙏🏾