Burnout Is Real, and It’s Becoming a Major Issue

Toward the end of my schooling, I started to hear professionals talk about their working experiences. In these discussions, they kept referencing the risks of professional burnout and warned us of the dangers of all-consuming work environments. Then I started hearing more buzzwords like “work-life balance” and “office culture.”

It may have been my naiveté, but I ignored these warnings. It’s not that I thought I was immune to burnout, rather I thought this was a good problem to have. If you’re burning out at work, at least you have work. By the…