Preventing Burnout and Defining Productive Downtime
alexandertraykov.substack.com
How I Burned Out I can describe myself as an ambitious person. In my late teens, after being repulsed by the corruption and knowledge-deprivation in the local Bulgarian design field, I had decided that I want to become a good, knowledgable and well-paid designer by myself. I dropped out of uni, and I left most of my hobbies behind and focused solely on work. I was on the path of greatness in my head, and the only substitute was the “good” old hustle culture. For more than four years, I worked long hours, believing that this is the way to grow. I was solely consuming design-related information - books, films and podcasts. This is what I thought I had to do to become someone in my field of work.
Preventing Burnout and Defining Productive Downtime
Preventing Burnout and Defining Productive…
Preventing Burnout and Defining Productive Downtime
How I Burned Out I can describe myself as an ambitious person. In my late teens, after being repulsed by the corruption and knowledge-deprivation in the local Bulgarian design field, I had decided that I want to become a good, knowledgable and well-paid designer by myself. I dropped out of uni, and I left most of my hobbies behind and focused solely on work. I was on the path of greatness in my head, and the only substitute was the “good” old hustle culture. For more than four years, I worked long hours, believing that this is the way to grow. I was solely consuming design-related information - books, films and podcasts. This is what I thought I had to do to become someone in my field of work.