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I've never commented here, I've only ever tangentially read much of anything here. But awhile ago I suffered immense burnout devoting all my resources working on a thankless task that had zero payoff, and I might be projecting but I see that burnout in EY's responses here.
Unsolicited advice rarely has any value, especially given the limited window I'm perceiving things through, but... there's that line from the opening sentence of the Haunting of Hill House: "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality".
The human mind isn't built for this kind of distress. We're animals that were built to do animal things, to walk and absorb... (read more)
I've seen so many contemporaries burn themselves to cinders, and suffered from burnout myself, such that I can't help but shout self-care. It's good to hear that EY's doing stuff other than staring unflinchingly into the heart of despair. Thanks for the update :)