How do you manage Burnout? \ stacker news ~tech

456 sats \ 34 comments \ @Onionsman 26 Aug tech

I am easily a workaholic who is narrow-visioned when it comes to work.

I intentionally try to create more time where I do nothing but be lazy. It has not been the easiest because I always feel like "I am wasting away productive hours."

I am curious to learn from everyone, how they manage BURNOUT.

ps: i really need your insight

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321 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 26 Aug

I personally don't manage it well. I've learned to enjoy it probably to my detriment.

@santos gave a great talk at Startup Day a year or two ago where he recommends taking a 4-day weekend when you begin to feel yourself losing agency:

Burnout is the ultimate agency-killer. This is so true that I’ve learned to identify a reduction in agency as one of the first signs of burnout, one that shows up even before I consciously realize what’s happening. A switch flips and I start looking for ways to rule out ideas and actions, to conclude they won’t work or aren’t necessary, rather than chasing better versions.

32 sats \ 3 replies \ @Onionsman OP 26 Aug

A 4-day weekend won't be a bad idea. (but I'll still work anyway)

I guess it is to go hard or go harder till the wheels fall off

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs 26 Aug

I guess it is to go hard or go harder till the wheels fall off

😅🤣🤣 Funnily enough that's me currently with working out: 2× a day, every day, full throttle for 1 - 2 hours per session...

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 26 Aug

Maybe go offgrid and leave the computer at home, removing the option to work.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Onionsman OP 26 Aug

i guess this is the way to go... I will try this more often. thank you

51 sats \ 4 replies \ @DesertDave 26 Aug

For me, I have learned that rest is productive.

42 sats \ 3 replies \ @Onionsman OP 26 Aug

How do you deal with the mental framing, that 'rest is productive' when it feels like wasting away valuable hours

142 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fabs 26 Aug

Man, the most valuable time is time spent on yourself, anyone who says otherwise is a moron.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @nichro 27 Aug

One can also be productive for themselves :P the mind can also frame it that way. Sometimes it's true, sometimes it's burnout cope

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave 26 Aug

To me, it isn't a waste. Nothing is. I am a super productive person, whether I am moving or not. The biggest manifestation starts in a still mind.

162 sats \ 1 reply \ @79c9095526 26 Aug

I reflect on The Pale Blue Dot image of the earth taken from the Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1990 from 4 billion miles away. It helps me when I am worried about relatively trivial matters in the grand scheme of things. It helps me reflect on how little time we have on this earth when considered against the billions of years the universe has existed and will continue to exist once I have left.

I'd like to spend that infinitesimally tiny amount of time with loved ones and smile and laugh as much as possible.

https://m.stacker.news/48311

https://m.stacker.news/48312

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Onionsman OP 27 Aug

This is just an amazing way to look at it and reframe the mind

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @fc52726f8f 26 Aug

I find that going on walks helps free the mind of burdens even if for a brief amount of time. Don’t work more than you need to at your job — any work can almost always wait until the next day. If you have children, you realize quickly how fleeting time really is when looking back at photos.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Onionsman OP 27 Aug

Thank you for this kind advice

41 sats \ 3 replies \ @atitlanio 27 Aug

I find that volunteering at a farm is the best way for the mind to defragment. The virtual world is chaotic and it's easy to diverge in all directions. Nature is a chaotic system and farms are a labor of love in getting fruit out of the chaos. No joke, go look for a farm and help them to harvest, weed, build stuff, be out in nature and get your hands in the dirt.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Onionsman OP 27 Aug

The city doesn't have a farm, how do i manage? Or, will setting up a vertical farm work?

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @atitlanio 28 Aug

Search around and see if you have anything not too far away. Maybe you could volunteer on weekends.

Otherwise, look around for anything nature related! Hikes, kayaking/canoeing, etc.

Getting in nature is the goal!

121 sats \ 0 replies \ @Onionsman OP 28 Aug

thank you, will do this

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satoshi__Nakamoto 27 Aug

I am wasting away productive hours -same with me bro I need answer too

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Onionsman OP 27 Aug

we all are

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @mikhael28 27 Aug

Stop doing things you don’t enjoy.

It’s that simple, you are just over complicating things.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Onionsman OP 27 Aug

Even things you enjoy, can take a toll on you when you do it for a long time.

What do you do then?

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @mikhael28 1 Sep

Just because you used to enjoy doing something, doesn’t mean that you enjoy it any more. Or maybe, you temporarily don’t enjoy doing it anymore.

Either way… stop doing things you don’t enjoy.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 26 Aug

I'm terrible at this too.

I went from being super productive, managing multiple projects and live systems to just doom-scrolling all day and wasting my days on easy dopamine.

I don't even enjoy basketball anymore which was my exercise 2-3 times a week.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Onionsman OP 27 Aug

We are all recovering Burnout victim

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @ContraMundum 26 Aug

A little exercise but nothing too hard. Just to keep the body moving while recovering.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Onionsman OP 27 Aug

Ok, will remember this

121 sats \ 1 reply \ @DEADBEEF 26 Aug

I have this problem too. If I’m not doing something I feel like I’m wasting my time but constantly doing something leads to burnout. I’ve tried scheduling time for fun activities and putting them in my to do list but then it feels like a chore instead of fun so that doesn’t really help.

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @Onionsman OP 27 Aug

this is always the issue

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @didiplaywell 27 Aug

That's my secret: I'm always on burnout

https://m.stacker.news/48378

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @Onionsman OP 27 Aug

lol

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @TheBrokenRuler 26 Aug

Make time for exercise. Going to the gym is HIGHLY productive, and at least for me, relaxes me.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Onionsman OP 27 Aug

I am looking at exploring this option

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @synergymatrix 27 Aug freebie

Do not listen to the inner voices that you are burning out. There is no such thing. It will just eat you inside out if you get yourself inside that rabbit hole. People most probably are just gas lighting themselves into oblivion by telling themselves that they are burning out.