>In retrospect, this might not have been a burnout. I'll venture to suggest that this was actually boreout. The symptoms are the same as burnout and it feels v

>In retrospect, this might not have been a burnout. I'll venture to suggest that this was actually boreout. The symptoms are the same as burnout and it feels very similar while also being perplexing because you know the situation isn't high stress. If anything the opposite - You're not being challenged and are stuck in a purgatory of (what feels like) repetitious, pointless time wasting. I've experienced burnout, and more recently experienced boreout, and what the author describes sounds a lot like the latter.