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Perhaps one of the causes, but in times past I've definitely started to get burned out on projects I did not resent- that were simply truckloads of work, with limited time for sleep/food/unwinding.

On the bright side, that was much easier to recover from than the soul-crushing burnout I associate with resentment.



Agreed. Resentment can certainly be a problem, but it's not the sole cause, or necessarily even the primary cause, of burnout.

I've definitely gotten burned out doing work I very much wanted to have succeed.


...so it sounds like you resented that job due to giving you limited time for sleep/food/unwinding?


You can lose motivation to do something without resenting it.


I agree, but I think burnout and low motivation aren't necessarily the same thing.




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