This really isn’t the short term burning out at all, either. This isn’t the “I’m sick of things, let me disappear for a day” thing. This is the honest to god, deep soul-core burnout that comes with running on too many cylinders for too long. The symptoms were all there: My day-long constitutationals were turning into weekly occurrences, my motivation to do anything has been flagging, my imagination hasn’t been sparked, and obligations have been dropping left and right because I simply don’t care anymore. I can’t even motivate myself to go out dancing anymore- last night was driven by a sense of obligation to my friends rather than any legitimate desire to go out.
