the crushing guilt of being unproductive vs the exhaustion of being burned out. fight.
Plot twist: if you are tired and burned out, resting is literally the most productive thing you can do. You ainβt gonna get shit done when youβre burned out. If you do, itβll take three times as long, take even more energy out of you, and will also suck because you were too tired to do it well. When youβre too tired to do the things you want/need to do, resting is the first step.
IF YOU ARE TIRED AND BURNED OUT, RESTING IS LITERALLY THE MOST PRODUCTIVE THING YOU CAN DO.
What if you can't rest because you're an essential worker but you're both emotionally and physically exhausted and love your job but don't think you can help others when your own mental health is failing? Do you still rest even though the guilt crushes down harder then?