Yep 👍. I try to help people I lead/mentor not to copy what I did, and adjust things earlier. It’s nice to push yourself, but I’d rather do that be up a mountainside than employment.

Staring into space (which I rarely do normally) and slurring are the first major signs for me. The catch is that’s already far in. Maybe an earlier sign is my thoughts haunt me in the shower.. I can’t escape planning or designing stuff even while bathing and without technology. Lol.

And the other funny thing is when I’m coming out of it, 2/3 weeks later I kind of feel normal… however at the time I don’t realise I’m still half or more burnt out still. It’s only maybe 3-6 weeks later I realise, what felt like normal; that first three weeks was a false normal - my baseline gets so broken I completely lose reference.

I made my employer a lot of money.. and drove extremely successful outcomes.. but really the cost didn’t translate into financial or much else success in the end. Should have locked in a % cut 😅