The Type of Burnout You Never Saw Coming

Burn out is the ultimate form of mental, physical, and emotional exhaustion. It’s associated with stress, particularly from an unbalanced work or personal obligation load. Too much of anything becomes a bad thing and I had been relentlessly pursuing the general notion of betterment for years through courses, books, articles, communities, and newsletters. I learned the hard way that an overly aggressive development path on a near constant basis - essentially addiction to improvement - can also cause burnout.