A short YouTube video by Alli Peck about recognizing burnout. In this excerpt the speaker defines the primary sign of burnout as persistent exhaustion and fatigue—feeling tired even after a full night ("eight hours or more") of sleep and waking still exhausted. The work aims to help viewers identify whether they are becoming burned out or already are.
First, let's talk about how to identify if you are getting burned out or if you're already burnt out. So the biggest symptom or sign of burnout is just pure exhaustion and feeling tired and fatigued all the time. Even after you go to bed and get a full eight hours of sleep or more, waking up and feeling exhausted.
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