[amateurdev]

This is actually good advise! Could you link the podcast episode? I've had a hard time with some of my hobby projects, but now I think my approach could be very different. The ones I've completed have sort of fit the notion 'Im doing it because I want to do it', not because I have to do it.

[JesseMReeves]

He briefly discusses it in this episode of „Das philosophische Radio“: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/wdr-5-das-philosophisc...

I went on listening to other interviews with him on Apple Podcasts where he touches this and other ideas, but eventually got one of his books that is specifically about burnout (“Vom Burnout zum Flow”) as an audiobook, where he describes such imagery exercises in detail. I also liked how he chooses his words very carefully.

It’s all in german however, a lot of his books have not been translated yet. He often mentions that C.G. Jung influenced him, but I’m not familiar with his writings at all.

[amateurdev]

Welp, I don't know German at all sadly! The idea you mentioned in the original comment is certainly helpful though. Something to chew on, so thanks anyway :)

[rige]

Thanks for the recommendation! That podcast episode sounds interesting - I'm always looking for new German shows to add to my podcast queue :)

[rigmarole]

This sounds similar to exercises in the book "Play it Away" by Charlie Hoehn; a book on recovering from burnout via play. In that book you look back and create a "play history" to find common elements for your recovery approach.