It's not subjective. There's a medical definition of burnout - the Maslach Burnout Inventory. A part of it is cynicism, feeling hopeless and useless, depersonal

It's not subjective. There's a medical definition of burnout - the Maslach Burnout Inventory. A part of it is cynicism, feeling hopeless and useless, depersonalisation. This is not the mental state to be writing plans and being held accountable to them. I think internet health advice can be harmful because not everyone has an equal definition of the same terms. Society tends to use the same terms for fatigue, burnout, and plain laziness. It's like trying to apply aloe vera to a third degree burn. I think you're on to something with trying to regain control in small incremental steps. But it's probably another approach.