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I'm burning out at work and this is what I noticed is different
Workload: On normal work days my mental state is completely zen. I can enjoy my morning and work through issues in a leisured and still productive pace
I'm burned out now and it feels like I have to juggle dozens of tasks. Be in 8 meetings a day each of which have people demanding answers to issues I have not yet looked at. Every moment of the day I can't wait until I can go home and just lay down
Recovery:
On normal workdays I have the mental energy to do OT if needed, I could probably do 6 hours of OT (I've never done this) and still feel fine the next day
Now that I'm burned out it feels like every weekend is just a small buffer until the churn resumes, I never recover from last week's work efforts
Irritability/Patience:
On normal work days I'm the guy that picks up new critical issues because I want them fixed, or I'm involved because I don't get anxious or scared whereas my coworkers might get scared about dealing with high priority and quick resolution issues
Nowadays I'm immediately frustrated that the company could not triage the issue accordingly and everything is "high priority" and yet when we fix things we don't see resolution from the issuer's end until weeks after it's fixed
I don't know if these answers help you but for me it's very much about my mental headspace and how Zen/cluttered it feels
This illustrates pretty much what im going through. Its like people complain about everything, yet refuse to make changes that will make everyones life easier. Only because i developed the systems, all the resolution falls on my shoulders. That the boom in data centers led to unprecedented sales has not helped.
For me the irritability and lack of empathy was a big sign I was fully burnt out. I had no stress tolerance.