This hits on something a lot of people miss, burnout is not just being tired, it is when you stop trusting your own signals and keep pushing anyway because the story in your head says you have to. By the time you notice, the system that lets you care and act is already fried. The useful warning sign is not exhaustion, it is feeling like you cannot even consider stepping back without guilt or identity panic. That is usually the point to pause and renegotiate how you are relating to the work, not just add more rest and hope it fixes itself.
This hits on something a lot of people miss, burnout is not just being tired, it is when you stop trusting your own signals and keep pushing anyway because the story in your head says you have to. By the time you notice, the system that lets you care and act is already fried. The useful warning sign is not exhaustion, it is feeling like you cannot even consider stepping back without guilt or identity panic. That is usually the point to pause and renegotiate how you are relating to the work, not just add more rest and hope it fixes itself.