Jacques Mattheij's blog posts on burnout are very helpful. I recommend reading them and re-reading them: http://jacquesmattheij.com/Are+you+suffering+from+burn

Jacques Mattheij's blog posts on burnout are very helpful. I recommend reading them and re-reading them: http://jacquesmattheij.com/Are+you+suffering+from+burn-out http://jacquesmattheij.com/Are+you+suffering+from+burn-out http://jacquesmattheij.com/dealing+with+burn+out http://jacquesmattheij.com/dealing+with+burn+out There are various useful discussions in the HN archives, including this one: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2300244 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2300244 mrcharles's comment rings in my head to this day: "The first thing I've learned is that I can't accurately judge my limits."