>I'm finding ways back but started to realize this .. it's probably one-way ticket.

When I ask myself the question about when I'll get back to the way I was, I also have to ask "Does that include being that person that let myself get burned out so badly in the first place?"

What I'm slowly getting back to is a different person than who I was. I have different priorities about how/where to apply and manage my curiosity and energy. If I can accept the person I'm turning into, then I feel like I'll be back one day.

If I want to be the person I was a decade ago who naively worked like a donkey until I burned out, then yes, I'm never coming back.