While there are many potential reasons someone burns out - one thing I've heard/learned from therapist is that almost universally everyone burned out is in a st

While there are many potential reasons someone burns out - one thing I've heard/learned from therapist is that almost universally everyone burned out is in a state where your judgement/evaluation/estimation is off. In "fight or flight" and "tunnel vision" type of off. And due to that you shouldn't make any drastic and far reaching decisions untill you get that somewhat "recalibrated". I mean sure - decide to overdo exercise for the rest of your life. Just don't decide to get a divorce, sell the house and spend all the money in short amount of time. And yes it's rather weird to find yourself (temporarily) not working. And instead of going like "Yay I finally have time to do all (or at least some of) those things I always wanted/postponed/did-tiny-chunks-of/etc". Not feeling like any of those things are engaging, recharging or fun. The best advice I've got is do something more physical and away from screen. Like make/build something (small or bigger), plant some fruit/vegetables, fix some stuff around the house ... Oh and make sure you get up at same time each morning (having school age kids helps). Early in the day (ideally even from day before, though coming up on during morning) have some specific plan on things you'll do that day. Not necessarily achieve some output - just say "3 hours planting tomatoes in the garden". Focus on following through with the plan - but without stressing that things take you longer than you expected (hence not plant X tomatoes in 3 hours). And for relaxing/fun stuff - keep trying a mix of new/different stuff, as well as old things that used to be fun.