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How far away from burnout are you?

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If you'd like to do the assessment without sharing your name and email with a stranger, the quiz appears to be a skin of https://monkeypuzzletraining.co.uk/free-downloads/MBI_self_a...

Interpreting the results is described here: https://monkeypuzzletraining.co.uk/burnout-inventory-results

I came across this last night in an excellent blogpost on burnout: https://mayakaczorowski.com/blogs/burnout

Unfortunately the quiz doesn't allow for optional sharing ( though you can share "Test" Name and "test@gmail.com"

Both this quiz and the one you shared are based on the Maslach Burnout Inventory.

Decided to do the quiz to automate the results as most of what I found was paper based.

Full name and email must be shared with a random site the will attempt to meassure my mental well being? Yeah, I don’t think so.

Or share a test name and test@gmail.com email.

The site doesn't measure your mental well being. It is a tool, based on Maslach's research of burnout, to check where you stand.

Thanks for the comment, have a great day!

I used a fake name/email... went through the 22 questions and got meaningless results.

Questions get grouped into 3 groups and you get a numerical score... literally it only says "Result: 22". No scale, no units, at best there is maybe a color scheme green, yellow, red? (maybe? not for me)

At least the groups have descriptions...

I got zero info from this, it was a waste of time

Thanks for the feedback!

The results page is indeed lacking - working on it. Was not expecting a great deal of traffic to the calculator just yet. We're working to improve the results with actionable tips.

This is a better interpretation of the results https://monkeypuzzletraining.co.uk/burnout-inventory-results

IANAPsychologist but if you think you are close but can manage, then you're totally in.

I burnt out, quit, then discovered that doesn't work either. So I reconstituted myself from the ashes, and tried again. And burnt out again. Repeat. Call me Phoenix. And I'm still doing it, because it's the best option. But, really, it's the best option because something about it still brings me joy. I guess there's still something left to burn out.

Yep, I find it unavoidable right now... but truth is, a stable working environment coupled with a support structure of friends and family is actually a cure.

Just harder to prescribe than Xanax or whatever.

A support group does wonders!

As long as the stable working environment provides a healthy dose of personal achievement.

What's your process of reconstituting yourself? Recovering from burnout is not easy so tips and tricks would be helpful.

I look at my bills. Sorry to be glib, but it's as simple as that. I remember what it feels like not to be able to afford the basics. That feeling is worse than the burnout feeling for me. If I can remember it clearly I can sometimes flip to going back to work, joyful and grateful that I can.

So I clicked this link, literally exclaimed "what the fuck!" and closed this tab.

I guess I'm an inch closer now.

What made you scream wtf?

Is it not an obvious play to collect a shit load of emails? Or am I just paranoid?

To be honest - was not expecting loads of emails ( most of them are not real )

It is definitely a way to collect emails but there's nothing from stoping you to add whatever you want there.

Plan is to send an automatic email with your replies and results, not available right now.

Here is another burnout story: https://ldhawke.medium.com/trying-41aa07e8629d

This tool is good : https://burnoutassessmenttool.be/

Pay attention though, interpretation requires reading a big chunk of documentation and is better done with a professional. Also, metrics are tuned for Belgium...

That is an excellent tool! - strongly recommend it if you have the time to also go through the documentation.

I found it not so straight forward ( with the adding up the results -> dividing it -> comparing it to statistical values -> in the end not really knowing if I have burnout or not )

But it provides more in-depth information especially in relationship with Belgium workforce.

I've never ridden a rocket, I doubt I will ever ride a rocket. How am I even approaching burnout? :)

That's the spirit!

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