Many people think burnout is simply a stronger version of being tired or dealing with stress.
But that’s not what burnout is.
Burnout isn’t just a state of physical exhaustion. It’s also mental, emotional, and spiritual depletion.
That depletion usually results from one of more areas of your life being misaligned with your values, rhythms, and priorities. It makes even the simplest tasks feel overwhelming, and depletes your limited cognitive, emotional, and energetic bandwidth.
But burnout doesn’t just impact the areas of life that are misaligned. This is another thing that many people misunderstand about burnout:
Burnout has tentacles. It reaches even into areas where you do have alignment.
When you’re in burnout, even the things you love to do — the things that usually bring you joy — feel like an obligation.
When even your most cherished hobbies feel like chores, i’s a sign of burnout, and an invitation to iinvestigate where you’re having misalignments in your life.
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