Fighting Burnout

<h2>What is burnout</h2> <p>Burnout is the loss of drive to do a particular task. Often the act of burning out isn't so much the problem as the effort we put in to try to push through that burnout. As a whole, it is a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion. It happens when we become overwhelmed by the constant demands of a task. This often happens in an office scenario. Where the team is pushing to complete a project. Burnout often is very prevalent in the crunch for game programmers.</p> <h2>What causes burnout?</h2> <p>The main culprit is when you are not feeding your soul. The job is just that a job. You don't receive any emotional or mental reward for doing that particular job. When a person is doing a job that is in their Zone of Excellence but not in their Zone of Genius.</p> <p>When you are not in your <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Big-Leap-Conquer-Hidden-Level/dp/0061735345/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1634487256&sr=1-1">Zone Of Genius</a> you are often having a bit of resistance at first but as you go that resistance gets greater and greater till you burn out.</p> <h2>Problems with burnout</h2> <p>Burnout is one of those things that can be a slight irritation or it can even lead to a person's death. Depending on how severe the burnout is. I have seen men who have left their dream job simply because they just can't do it anymore. There is a reason Sunday night and Monday morning are when most suicides occur.</p> <h3>Physical problems</h3> <p>Take all the problems of stress and happy them here.</p> <p>High blood pressure? Yep</p> <p>Heart problems? Yep</p> <p>Weight gain? Yep</p> <p>Headaches</p> <p>Overall body aches? Yep yep yep</p> <p>Decreased libido? Yes to the limp noodle</p> <h3>Mental problems</h3> <p>Irritable or even anger</p> <p>Lack of focus</p> <p>sadness and depression</p> <p>Lack of sleep</p> <h3>Emotional problems</h3> <p>Causes people to seek other forms of escaping</p> <p>Increased alcohol intake</p> <p>Other drugs</p> <p>Affairs</p> <h2>How do you avoid burnout