📰 Articles

Creative Burnout Is Knocking On Your Door. Don’t Answer. | Communication Arts
“By examining the career of Jim Carrey, Ernie Schenck charts a roadmap for dealing with creative burnout.”

Mindful apathy: How to cope with emotional burnout | The Retriever
“Apathy protects us from crumbling under the weight of the world’s problems, but it is a slippery slope.”

The new age of perfectionism | New Statesman
“If you believe that perfectionism has upsides, Thomas Curran, a psychologist at the London School of Economics, would like to disabuse you of this.”

The achievement society is burning us out, we need more play | Psyche Ideas
“We are obsessed with work. It shapes our identities, gives our lives structure, and guides us towards our purpose in life. As Americans, work is who we are. We believe that our achievements and productivity not only define us but also pave the way for success and happiness.”

How to turn everyday stress into ‘optimal stress’ | McKinsey & Company
“Chronic stress [opens] the door to burnout at work—a toxic mix of exhaustion, reduced professional efficacy, and increased cynicism about work that research from Gallup suggests affects about two-thirds of full-time workers at any given time.”

📻 Podcasts

Burned Out? Start Here. | The Ezra Klein Show
“I like to begin each year with an episode about something I’m working through more personally. And at the end of last year, the thing I needed to work through was a pretty bad case of burnout.”

Tasha Golden: Avoid burnout while pursuing creativity with passion | Design Better
“As designers and creatives, we often find our work to be meaningful and fulfilling. But creativity can also come at a price. There can be a danger of burning out when we pursue creativity with passion, and our guest today, Tasha Golden, has experienced this herself.”