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#burnout

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Curtis McHale

Working like the 90’s
Yes, we should work like the 90’s and get to disconnected when we leave the office. At my job I don’t ever check my email because I only get around 1 email a month that would involve me and it also involves my boss because he copied me. Thus, he always mentions to me that there is email to deal with. Everything else I do comes in via Github because we’re dealing int
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#LinksOfInterest #burnout #email #overwork

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calcifer :nes_fire:

I’m glad there’s more conversation around autistic #burnout — that is, the way #autism interacts with stress in ways that make burnout different for us.

But so many of the presumably well-intentioned therapists writing about preventing it give the most ham-handed advice. Using a calendar does not help with executive function issues. Putting ear plugs in at the grocery store does not solve being forced to be in overstimulating environments without support.

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PatternChaser

These might look #lazy, but are actually reasonable strategies:

- resist pointless #tasks to create time for deep thinking,
- set #boundaries at work to avoid #burnout,
- say “no” to tasks, resisting that we should always strive to #produce more,
- automate #repetitive tasks to free up time for #creative tasks.

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The ConversationWhy being ‘lazy’ at work might actually be a good thing
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