LinkedIn Post Example: Burnout and Recovery

I burned out. Hard. 😩 But you know what? It was the best thing that ever happened to me. Now I prioritize: • Self-care 🧘 • Boundaries 🚫 • Saying no ✋ • Mental health 🧠 Remember: you can't pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself first. Your career can wait. YOU can't. 💪 #burnout #mentalhealth #selfcare #wellness

In September I started dreading Mondays so much that I'd feel nauseous on Sunday nights. By November I was sleeping four hours and drinking five coffees to get through the day. In December I told my manager I needed a leave of absence. The problem wasn't the hours. I was working 50-hour weeks, not 80. The problem was that I'd spent 14 months on a project I didn't believe in. Leadership had pivoted our product direction and I disagreed with it, but instead of saying so, I just kept executing and swallowing the frustration. I took six weeks off. The first two I just slept. The third week I started writing down what I actually wanted from my career, not what sounded impressive. When I came back, I transferred to a different team working on a product I genuinely cared about. Same company. Same hours. Completely different experience. Burnout isn't always about working too much. Sometimes it's about working on the wrong thing and not admitting it.