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You google “burnout”
I wrote this 18 months ago as a parody inspired by some of The Bold Italic’s Sunil Rajaraman’s posts—This Is Your Life In Silicon Valley Two years Later in particular. Like any good parody, sometimes they ring all too true. I was afraid to post this at the time, but now I’m going back through and hitting publish on as many things as possible 😀
Update March 2021: If you’re feeling any of these burnout symptoms, feel free to reach out to me. Also check on my latest post on how to treat recovery and avoid burnout the way elite athletes try to minimize injury risk.
You google, “burnout”. Slowly, like confirmation of an injury or flu symptoms as you read down the WebMD list.
- Chronic fatigue ✅ 💤 ☕
- Insomnia ✅, maybe ✅ ✅ When’s that melatonin supposed to arrive again? *Opens Amazon in a new tab*
- Forgetfulness/impaired concentration and attention Where was I reading about those exercises about improving concentr… what’d Trump tweet now?
- Anxiety ✅ ✅ ✅
- Depression
You close the tab. 11:12a. Time to get back to work. Maybe if you refocus now, you can get that feature out and you’ll feel the stress melt away. No, wait, “Invest in yourself” you remember from that thinly-veiled self-help book, or was it a Medium post, or maybe a tweet…
