If you're suffering from burnout or are potentially on the verge of burnout, you might benefit from some of the suggestions in a Hacker News thread from almost two years ago where a reader asks
Burned Out. What Now?
The original post goes into more details and questions on their specific circumstances, but the discussion includes a wide variety of answers and considerations for anyone going through such a thing.
The advice from different comments (many from those who have been through the same thing) varies from physical suggestions like exercise, diet, and even getting a Swedish massage, to dealing with things mentally in different ways.
There's also some users chiming in from the perspective of a manager who finds certain solutions aren't very realistic to the overall health of a team (e.g. can a team afford to lose an engineer dealing with burnout for an entire year while picking up that slack? What effect will that have on the team?).
There certainly aren't any perfect solutions to every situation, but it's always good to hear a variety of viewpoints so we can consider what is best for ourselves.
Now on to this week's hand-picked productivity links!
