burnout in learning

the weight of burnout

life hits everyone differently. no two people share the exact same struggles, and no one person can claim to have greater struggles than another. burnout is one of those struggles that varies per individual. and the age-old question is, "how do i avoid burnout?"

i don't have those answers, unfortunately. burnout is one of my biggest struggles. has been for as long as i can remember. back when i was in film school it seemed easier to counter burnout as it approached, but the older i got, the lower my threshold for burnout became. this time, i got about 6 months before the burnout really took its toll.

i am not the oprah of solutions

while developers are, at their core, problem solvers. and there are a million and one videos and articles on how to avoid burnout. none offered long term applicable solutions to me. set alarms to remind yourself so you don't go a day without it does not work mid-burnout (having adhd doesn't help honestly). set a schedule, these are my absolute enemy.

i cannot get locked into a schedule that would dictate my though process. i'm just a lil weirdo who needs to be able to do things on their time or nothing will happen.

wrap it up, friend

i apologize if you came into this tiny article hoping for a solution to burnout. solutions evade me like fish covered in oil in a stream. i would be forever grateful to anyone who feels a kinship to this issue, and has found a way to combat, or minimize their burnout.