I understand the difficulty, but let's put it this way. If you truly are moving towards burnout, either you'll figure out a way to take it easier or eventually your own brain will make you.

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I had to learn the hard way that I needed to enforce boundaries like a strict bedtime and one day a week where I do absolutely nothing productive (even socialize) or my body/brain would enforce those boundaries at a time of their choosing instead of mine. I'd rather do nothing on Sundays with little consequence than have a mental breakdown on a Tuesday that lasts days and suffer bigger consequences.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 2 points 5 months ago

He isn’t dismissing how difficult your situation is. He is just saying the only solution to burnout is to stop doing the thing that is burning you out, i.e. take it easier. Whether or not that is within your power is a different story.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

It starts with working within the contract. If it says you have with hours until 17h, stop at 17h. Whatever happens at work after that is not your problem. Most people don't have shares so it doesn't matter personally. Overtime earns some cash but in my case has a lot of tax, and costs you more in mental health in the long term.

But that's me.