Ask HN: Are we all burned out? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Are we all burned out?

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Post by sudden_dystopia » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 7:53 PM UTC

PragmaticPulp wrote: post #14

> All I want to do is look at my phone and consume more content This will contribute to and/or perpetuate your burnout. If you're overwhelmed and burned out, the last thing you need is to spend more time in front of screens and more time consuming endless streams of content. News content and outrage bait is especially bad at burning people out. It's easy to spend 30 minutes on Reddit or Twitter and feel like the worl…

Yea but that doesn’t solve the problem that the world IS crumbling around us. Putin is backed into a corner, how does that not end in WW3 if we continue on this path?

Re: Ask HN: Are we all burned out?

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Post by dopidopHN » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 7:53 PM UTC

tdrgabi wrote: post #16

gaudat wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seconded getting off the news or your phone. I learned to embrace blissful ignorance.

But you are commenting on a news site, probably while on the phone. Hnews is not different, I come here for the same dopamine hit

I can loose interest in HN in about 15 cumulative min / day.

And I often got some valuable tools/libs out of it.

Reddit is infinite, as well as much other social media

Re: Ask HN: Are we all burned out?

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Post by tobyhinloopen » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 7:54 PM UTC

I don’t feel the same way. Sure, there’s a lot of shit going on, but my personal life is going pretty great.

Crazy story maybe, but I had a dream where someone close to me died. After that day, I decided to focus on enjoying life more.

I started to think about what I would want to do when I only had a few months left, and just started doing these.

I also started focusing more on personal care and health, dieting, eating better, and doing a little bit of exercise.

Both changes, although minor in practice, had enormous effect on my mood in a positive way.

Of course me and the person close to me are perfectly healthy.

Re: Ask HN: Are we all burned out?

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Post by andirk » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 7:54 PM UTC

Delete the apps you keep looking at. Turn off notifications. Pick up ceramics. Read good books. And yes, therapy is such an easy and kind of fun solution. Try it for a while.

Re: Ask HN: Are we all burned out?

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Post by iepathos » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 7:54 PM UTC

Nostalgia distorts reality a bit. 2001-2007 you're looking at 9/11, war on terror, and the plunge into the Great Recession. Not exactly good times in the US, but probably better if you're living in Ukraine or Russia. Covid has been draining for everyone I think and having a kid understandably will drain your energy. I'm not burned out, but I also don't have a kid. Add in some routines to help manage your burn out like meditation and unplugging yourself from negative news feeds/your phone content.

Re: Ask HN: Are we all burned out?

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Post by krageon » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 7:54 PM UTC

Most of what you mentioned either doesn't apply to you or only ever applies to you relatively briefly. The answer there is to ignore those things. I would hope children aren't uniformly depressing, but if you feel they are you should probably get therapy - for their sake.

Re: Ask HN: Are we all burned out?

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Post by sudden_dystopia » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 7:55 PM UTC

I’ve been doing renovation projects and building things around the house nearly nonstop. I am having a hard time focusing on my actual work though. I am greatly concerned about the prospect of nuclear war.

Re: Ask HN: Are we all burned out?

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Post by beardedman » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 7:55 PM UTC

> Do I need therapy or is everyone feeling the same ?

Definitely not. Get off social/news sites for a bit.

Re: Ask HN: Are we all burned out?

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Post by PragmaticPulp » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 7:55 PM UTC

sudden_dystopia wrote: post #21

PragmaticPulp wrote: post #14

> All I want to do is look at my phone and consume more content This will contribute to and/or perpetuate your burnout. If you're overwhelmed and burned out, the last thing you need is to spend more time in front of screens and more time consuming endless streams of content. News content and outrage bait is especially bad at burning people out. It's easy to spend 30 minutes on Reddit or Twitter and feel like the worl…

Yea but that doesn’t solve the problem that the world IS crumbling around us. Putin is backed into a corner, how does that not end in WW3 if we continue on this path?

> Yea but that doesn’t solve the problem that the world IS crumbling around us.

Get offline. Step outside. It's fine.

Unplug from the 24/7 news cycle. They get you hooked with constant fear and outrage. If it's taking a toll on your well-being, you must disconnect. You can't influence any of the hypothetical things you're talking about by yourself anyway.

Re: Ask HN: Are we all burned out?

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Post by prhn » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 7:56 PM UTC

Replace

> All I want to do is look at my phone and consume more content.

with

- Lift weights

- Run a marathon

- Bike a century

- Write a story

- Paint a picture

Change your relationship with the things you cannot control.