I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Burnout is a way of telling you that your form of activism was perhaps not very full circle.
If you do things when you're burned out, it'll make you bitter.
Sometimes you get so frustrated that things aren't working out, you say, 'Let me step away for a while.' But the fire still burns.
No matter how frustrated, disappointed and discouraged we may feel in the face of our failures, it's only temporary. And the faster you can stop wallowing in guilt, blame or resentment, the faster you can put it behind you.
I just love what I do. I'm not worried about any burnout.
If the whole process of learning from failure means discarding stuff that's not working, but in fact, our natural reaction is to keep going, to throw more money behind it, to throw more emotional energy behind it... that's a real problem.
I had no idea there were so many ways you could burn yourself out.
Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
That's the thing: You don't understand burnout unless you've been burned out. And it's something you can't even explain. It's just doing something you have absolutely no passion for.
Burnout is grist to the mill. I write every day, for most of the day, so it's just about turning into metaphor whatever's going on in my life, in the world, and in my head. Every nightmare, every moment of grief or joy or failure, is a moment I can convert into cash via words.