I usually have about 3 or 4 plates spinning at once. Burnout really isn't an option for me, but it happens from time to time. There are two things I can do abou

I usually have about 3 or 4 plates spinning at once. Burnout really isn't an option for me, but it happens from time to time. There are two things I can do about burnout: * Take some time off This is my preferred option but isn't always available. My family has a small home on an island in the mediterranean, I try to make sure I go there once a year. I take no laptop and my phone is off (save a check-in at work once a week). Last year I reneged slightly on my tech ban and took an ebook reader (as it was easier on the baggage than taking a load of books) - it nearly paid for itself on that holiday alone (I got through 11 books in 14 days). * A change can be as good as a rest I do all kinds of things to take my mind of the thing causing me stress. I cycle, I learn how to make cocktails (although that doesn't help the burnout if I overdo it!) - at the moment I'm writing an old school demo for an 8-bit computer to help me with a private conference I'm organising. I've had serious burnout a couple of times, mild burnout normally kicks in once or twice a year. Stress is an absolute killer, so I'd recommend that anyone facing burnout does everything they can to keep stress to a minimum. Burnout is nature's way of telling you to stop for a while, or at least change direction (in my experience, YMMV).