Burnout also seems to be a function of age. I'm nearly 45; I don't have the stamina I did at 35, let alone 25. Nor do I have quite the same degree of mental agility. What I've got now that I didn't have back then is experience -- the aphorism "work smarter, not harder" springs to mind.
Also: why work hard? Do you live to work, or work to live? That's a value judgement only you can make for yourself; but when you stop to think about it, try to separate out your personal feelings from the prevailing herd wisdom (which is that of course you must live to work, and anything else is somehow subversive). You've only got the one shot at life: are you sure you're using it wisely?
Also: why work hard? Do you live to work, or work to live? That's a value judgement only you can make for yourself; but when you stop to think about it, try to separate out your personal feelings from the prevailing herd wisdom (which is that of course you must live to work, and anything else is somehow subversive). You've only got the one shot at life: are you sure you're using it wisely?