I’m about 10 months into a burnout break, and I’m only just starting to feel like I have my feet back under me.

Burnout is very real and very different from the notion of “worn out” described in the piece. I started to realize this more deeply when I noticed that there was just about nothing that I could interest myself in, even the most tantalizing personal project ideas (some might note this sounds like depression, and I agree. I’ve dealt with varying levels of depression for most of my life, but burnout became a multiplying factor).

I think if more folks realized how different they are, they would take burnout more seriously and take more steps to avoid it.

I know I would have.