This is such valuable information and the timing couldn’t be better for me. Thanks Dave!
Staying focused on needs, rather than wants has been the most important aspect of my own journey with recovery and reset. I always have, food, water, shelter and community , almost everything else is an extra that I’m grateful for, but don’t actually need. This perspective that offers a lot more flexibility in how I manage my life.
Being able to remove the veil of need from what are actually wants has largely been a facilitated by removing myself from the propaganda machine that perpetuates the rat race, by manipulating identity and desire through fear.
The hippies were talking about LSD when they said, “ turn on, tune in and drop out” but I think we can repurpose this to mean, turn on to health and community, tune in to intrinsic authentic self and drop out of the miserable synthetic construct of corporate propaganda.
Is it safe to assume that people who’ve been burned out for years, are being inexorably ground down into total incapacitation by corporate culture, yet are unable to extract themselves will not be able to take advantage of this and heal? There doesn’t seem to be a clear, alternate path to home ownership, retirement, and the future rest that will bring other than to play chicken with collapse or FIRE.
Or is that person perhaps too far in the weeds to see that there’s a way to heal burnout and also continue the grind.
There are always options. Sometimes we are stuck by beliefs and identity more than anything. You can always change jobs, change cities, and change direction. You can always make do with what you've got. Boundaries go a long ways.
Beyond the solid advice and step-by-step here, I think writing like this will push us collectively in the right direction --> reducing stigma associated to burnout.
Given how complicated the biological factors are for burnout, it comes as no surprise that people struggle with this for months, years, or their entire adult lives.
This is solid advice. I've been working through my personal burnout recovery for a little over a year and this is the best look at physiological considerations (instead of just mental) I've read.
Many things in this article stand out to me, but what gets me most is the acknowledgement that a habit of "pushing through" must be tempered during burnout recovery. That is counterintuitive, but accurate, and can be difficult to internalize.
Directing our energy toward healing rather than achievement sounds far more effective than blanket avoidance.
I’ve been experiencing similar for years. Feel you
This is such valuable information and the timing couldn’t be better for me. Thanks Dave!
Staying focused on needs, rather than wants has been the most important aspect of my own journey with recovery and reset. I always have, food, water, shelter and community , almost everything else is an extra that I’m grateful for, but don’t actually need. This perspective that offers a lot more flexibility in how I manage my life.
Being able to remove the veil of need from what are actually wants has largely been a facilitated by removing myself from the propaganda machine that perpetuates the rat race, by manipulating identity and desire through fear.
The hippies were talking about LSD when they said, “ turn on, tune in and drop out” but I think we can repurpose this to mean, turn on to health and community, tune in to intrinsic authentic self and drop out of the miserable synthetic construct of corporate propaganda.
Is it safe to assume that people who’ve been burned out for years, are being inexorably ground down into total incapacitation by corporate culture, yet are unable to extract themselves will not be able to take advantage of this and heal? There doesn’t seem to be a clear, alternate path to home ownership, retirement, and the future rest that will bring other than to play chicken with collapse or FIRE.
Or is that person perhaps too far in the weeds to see that there’s a way to heal burnout and also continue the grind.
Asking for a friend.
There are always options. Sometimes we are stuck by beliefs and identity more than anything. You can always change jobs, change cities, and change direction. You can always make do with what you've got. Boundaries go a long ways.
Beyond the solid advice and step-by-step here, I think writing like this will push us collectively in the right direction --> reducing stigma associated to burnout.
Given how complicated the biological factors are for burnout, it comes as no surprise that people struggle with this for months, years, or their entire adult lives.
Great info David. Looking forward to the sequels.
Great video Dave
Had no idea burnout was this complex and it all makes sense. I’ll definitely be applying some things I’ve learned from your vid thanks man
Excellent. We're just getting started. I know SO MUCH about burnout... I call it "the PhD I never wanted"
Can’t wait to see more videos!
This is solid advice. I've been working through my personal burnout recovery for a little over a year and this is the best look at physiological considerations (instead of just mental) I've read.
Many things in this article stand out to me, but what gets me most is the acknowledgement that a habit of "pushing through" must be tempered during burnout recovery. That is counterintuitive, but accurate, and can be difficult to internalize.
Directing our energy toward healing rather than achievement sounds far more effective than blanket avoidance.