<story><title>Burnout</title><url>https://johnnyrodgers.is/burnout</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>dawhizkid</author><text>I think there&amp;#x27;s two types of work-induced burnout. &amp;quot;White collar&amp;quot; burnout is generally self-inflicted, and to me less about working oneself to exhaustion and more about working any amount of hours on something that you subconsciously believe is fundamentally misaligned with your core principles&amp;#x2F;true self. My hypothesis on why this seems to be happening at higher rates is because without a focus on raising a family and&amp;#x2F;or participation in organized religion, our careers&amp;#x2F;workplace have become the &amp;quot;things&amp;quot; that we now try to put all this meaning behind, and what was once separated from our &amp;quot;life&amp;quot; (e.g. work&amp;#x2F;life balance) &lt;i&gt;has&lt;/i&gt; become our life, and the psychological burden of being forced to be 100% emotionally invested&amp;#x2F;devoted to our work has consequences.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Blue collar&amp;quot; burnout, to me, is the archetypal fast food worker making minimum wage working paycheck to paycheck, who not only has to deal with financial insecurity that comes with the job but the physical (actual manual &amp;quot;work&amp;quot;) and psychological (rude customers) burdens that come with those types of jobs.</text></comment>
<story><title>Burnout</title><url>https://johnnyrodgers.is/burnout</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>didgeoridoo</author><text>My wife is a clinical psychologist focusing on the mental health impact of high-pressure jobs. She had me build this “Burnout Calculator” based on a self-evaluation protocol they use in their practice. Leaving it here in case it’s helpful for anyone: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;azimuthpsych.com&amp;#x2F;burnout-calculator&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;azimuthpsych.com&amp;#x2F;burnout-calculator&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>