Burnout is when your mind associates hard work with failure. You have to correlate it with the right things. Rest doesn't help, and doesn't get rid of whatever

Burnout is when your mind associates hard work with failure. You have to correlate it with the right things. Rest doesn't help, and doesn't get rid of whatever put you in the state in the first place. I was burnt after working 100+ hours/week on a startup and half a year of rest didn't help. So you have to find a way to work really hard and be energized from it. For me, it was a road trip training trainers all over the country. It paid well enough to cover expenses, but I really just wanted to see the country with my wife and kid, and the training company even sponsored a "honeymoon suite" outside the route for a weekend. Road trips are exhausting but fun. And it was a form of charity, giving back. Something I was uniquely positioned to do after being out of a job. If you want a framework, I'd say figure out how you can share your talents with the world.