[pixelmonkey]

This is good post on experiencing burnout (and avoiding it).

Written by an early programmer at Slack, and someone involved with their recent desktop app rewrite project.

For me, "team marathon running" on software projects means only rarely "sprinting".

As the author suggests, sacrificing sleep, body, and hours eventually catches up with you. But, it's very easy to do and we've all been there. This is part of the reason that medical residents are burnt out on medicine even though they love medicine. It doesn't matter that you're doing what you love -- that's only the top little self actualization triangle of Maslow's heirarchy/pyramid of needs. You need all the base components of Maslow's heirarchy satisfied, too -- financial health, bodily health, emotional health.