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Four ways to protect yourself from burnout

You don’t have to set yourself on fire to keep others warm. Here are some preventative steps you can take to avoid burning out.
October 24, 2022

You don’t have to set yourself on fire to keep others warm. Here are some preventative steps you can take to avoid burning out.

When I started my first full-time job after college, I dedicated my whole self to it. I fell deep into the common scenario: a junior worker, thrown into the deep end, who flounders, learns a lot, and uses their youthful energy to work all over the place until they can’t anymore.

Honestly? At the time, I loved it… I felt like I was growing at a super fast rate, and I was saying yes to everything, from coding and mentoring to speaking and traveling.

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