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How does one recover from serious burnou...
How does one recover from serious burnout? Been in a rut for a couple of weeks now and nothing seems to motivate me.
8w
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Maryn
7w
brain
The Autistic Burnout Workbook
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If you’re autistic, know that autistic burnout is on a separate plane from neurotypical burnout and what works for neurotypical recovery may not work for you (speaking from experience). This workbook is a great starting point to understanding autistic burnout and building a recovery plan. If going through a workbook feels like too much right now (fully get that!), then I’d highly recommend learning about autistic burnout in whatever ways feel manageable for you right now.
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Dylan
25w
brainiac
Silly little mental health walks in nature
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Just left the house for the first time in 9 days to go for a silly lil mental health walk in nature and found myself bawling my eyes out at this rainbow lorikeet just hanging outside his lil tree stump house. We stared into each other's eyes for a good 10 mins until he decided that was enough and retreated back inside his lil tree hole.
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Dylan
19w
𖦹°✶mood board✶°𖦹
Going potato mode
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Did you know that humans share about 50% of our DNA with potatoes because we use the same basic genes for cellular function? This is what Reddit told me, anyway, which is obviously the most reliable source of scientific knowledge. With this in mind, I highly recommend transforming yourself into a human potato by getting into the comfiest clothes possible, surrounding yourself with pillows and blankets, and merging your body with your couch. Allow any freeloaders (pets, kids, etc) to nuzzle in your nooks. Put on your favourite comfort movie/show/podcast or read a cosy book. And remember: rest is not earned, rest is not "laziness", rest is a basic need and simple pleasure.
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Syd Sidney
8w
Books
Tim Ferris Must Have Rec League
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His latest podcast is a compilation of advice about exactly this question!
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Sarah
18w
Improvements
Negotiate Fridays off in lieu of a raise
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I know this isn't available to everyone, but please let me open your Overton window to the idea of asking for one day off a week in lieu of a raise. I'm not talking about cramming 40 hours into 4 days, just... Fridays off. After 8 years at my company I negotiated this, and it's been life giving/changing/affirming. I've met up with friends, garden, read, knit and spent the day cooking for a dinner party. I plan on solo trips to the pool and the beach this summer. I plan to grab a coffee and hit a morning movie. I've volunteered at my kids school. And no surprise to anyone... the work still gets done in 4 days.
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Jamie
18w
musings
be existential at the beach
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i’m not sure if it’s because i grew up in minnesota, but something about being near water realllllly fixes me. the ocean in particular has this effect, i think in meaningful part because i find it quite scary. whenever i feel overwhelmed about life, or i’m getting too anxious or dramatic, i exercise my california privilege and go to the beach. i find it quite impossible to be stressed about life once i am confronted with the vastness of the ocean. that shit could swallow me whole in less than a second! it doesn’t matter who i am or what i accomplish, or who i strive to be and who i fail to achieve to be, when it comes to the ocean i’m about as substantial as a grain of sand. this is awesome! it makes my problems feel small and my anxieties about being worthwhile feel sort of trivial. if the ocean wants me right this second it can take me easily, so i better not waste any time being anything but at least content and, if i’m lucky, affirmatively happy. i think this works with any natural body of water because they’re all much bigger than we are, but certainly the bigger the better. preferably no visible land on the other side. feeling small can actually be so liberating! give it a try 🤗
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