I had my first experience with real burnout a few years ago. I took my first fully remote job at a completely dysfunctional company. It was a very frustrating e

I had my first experience with real burnout a few years ago. I took my first fully remote job at a completely dysfunctional company. It was a very frustrating experience. Unfortunately, I didn't have the luxury of taking time off like the author here. That is really the best option if you can manage it, but most people can't. In my case, I quit my job and went somewhere I knew would be a bit easier, and looked forward to the office life again. Then the pandemic hit and I ended up fully remote, yet again. So it didn't really help at all (I really, really missed being around people). I spent a year and half basically just winging it. It's hard to talk about because I still feel pretty ashamed about my performance. Some days were just a matter of sheer willpower to force my brain to do anything at all. I am slowly coming out of it finally and feeling a lot better. Swapping projects to something more interesting helped a lot. I'm still far from 100%, but getting there.