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by flamebreath447 1319 days ago
Finding something you love is only momentary. Even if you find something you “love” to do it will have moments where it gets rough, boring, frustrating or cumbersome.

We need both work and rest, and typically burnout comes from pushing yourself in situations that are a net negative; either because you are over working in an environment that is compromising something valueable to you or because you don’t actually know how to rest.

We need work to make a living, make incremental and long-term growth and to stretch our capacity at a healthy rate.

We need proper rest (not Netflix, not social media, not mind numbing hobbies), active intentional rest to appreciate our work and the things we have. We need time to value things other than work because work alone is not enough to sustain us.

There are many good books on this I suggest the OP look into reading one in the time they have off if they chose. Fixing the underlying issues and habits is the way forward not just switching jobs.

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Any book recs or tips for proper rest?
Two that I highly recommend

1. Subversive Sabbath by A.J. Swoboda

2. Garden City by John Mark Comer

* caveat they are both frameworked in Christian principles but the practical steps to get rest are still very good.