1. You should almost certainly talk to your boss, unless your boss is emotionally incompetent or disinterested in your well-being. Remember that you don't have

1. You should almost certainly talk to your boss, unless your boss is emotionally incompetent or disinterested in your well-being. Remember that you don't have to finish the conversation in the same session you start it. 2. Almost certainly! But remember that work/life balance doesn't just mean leaving work, it means having something you want to do that isn't work. 2a. I know what you mean about boredom, but my brother pointed something out to me at a resort in Cancun, which I was finding absolutely boring: The place is supposed to be that, because it forces you to relax. 3. Yes. I don't have any advice about specifically what, but I would strongly recommend that you just start changing things. This'll both break feelings of stagnation/stasis, and if you're lucky, actually be an improvement. But the important part isn't that you find the right change, it's that things start changing. 4. What we do is fundamentally creative, and fundamentally knowledge-work. Most of us started doing it because we like it, so it's easier for us to over-do it; and over-doing is, AFAIK, more susceptible to burn-out because you're forcing your mind into uncomfortable arrangements. I guess you could think of burnout as RSI for your creativity. Think about how you get physically strong: 1. Pick up heavy things 2. Put them down 3. Take a nap. This is true for mental (and emotional!) strength as well.