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Emily Atkin Alright, let’s talk about it.
Where my burned out homies at??
But for real. I haven’t talked much about my burnout hiatus, because honestly, I haven’t been ready. The 6 months I took off from work were not actually fun! Figuring out how to rebuild your own resilience after you’ve completely destroyed it is extremely difficult. In many ways, I’m still figuring things out.
But I am feeling way better, and have definitely figured out a few things. For one, I’m pretty sure burnout is just a capitalism-friendly word for depression. Like, “I’m depressed, but only because I worked SO HARD! I ha
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