“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
THE QUITTER’S CLUB blog
People pleasing, perfectionism, booze, skinny jeans, crappy cheese - everyone’s quitting something. Join me here in a quest for less of what’s holding you back from a life of sustainable, authentic joy.
What Actually Causes Burnout and Extreme Exhaustion?
What causes burnout? If you came here for the short answer: burnout is caused by chronically incomplete stress cycles combined with continued exposure to stress.
What do people think causes burnout? Too much work, toxic work environment, or other stressors.
What really causes burnout? Pervasive, powerful social and economic systems that convince us our worth is equal to our economic production or service to perpetuating the systems themselves, without regard for our actual capacity and our biological needs as humans, as mammals really: connection, meaning, rest, autonomy.
