The Bright Side Of Burnout
The Bright Side Of Burnout Burnout gets a bad reputation. We talk about it in hushed tones, like it’s a personal failure or a weakness you should’ve “managed better.” But let’s stop pretending. Burnout isn’t a character flaw. It’s a message. A loud, inconvenient, slap-in-the-face message that says something in your life has been running on the wrong settings for too long. And here’s the part nobody tells you: burnout has a bright side—if you’re brave enough to read the warning instead of ignoring it. Burnout doesn’t come from laziness. It comes from effort without direction. From giving too much energy to things that don’t give anything meaningful back. You don’t burn out doing work that matters. You burn out doing work that feels endless, invisible, or disconnected from who you’re trying to become. That exhaustion you feel? It’s clarity knocking. The bright side of burnout is that it strips away illusions. Suddenly, the busywork you tolerated feels unbearable. The poi...