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Re:Minds Turned to Ash: Burnout is more than working too hard by Naomarik on Saturday August 06, 2016 @08:54AM (#12237956)
Funny was thinking something similarly. As much as I enjoy working when I want to, deadlines and avoidance of failure is killing me. I would never give up programming but for the past week it's a struggle to bring myself to spend even a half hour of writing code. The need to get things done has blocked me from getting into other things but the frustration I feel from a single problem when I sit down is causing me to get nothing done.

A shepherd's flock is essentially his passive sustenance. A lifestyle where you're physically active every day and don't have to answer to anyone all the time is my idea of freedom. We've all succumbed to tech and toys and while I can simulate reality on my phone I don't think I'm living a better life than people 200 years ago. I think there is a boredom that sometimes arises if we cannot exert our intellect to create something, but life costs too much to work at a leisure pace.

http://modernfarmer.com/2013/12/10-things-learned-lambs/ Look liberating that looks.

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Re:Minds Turned to Ash: Burnout is more than working too hard by JoeAltmaier on Saturday August 06, 2016 @09:08AM (#12238000)
Grew up on a farm. Before all these gadgets existed. Definitely a low-stress time in my life. Nothing to do all day but some physical chores, and wander or read. I got very comfortable being alone in my head with my thoughts. I think many modern gadgets are about avoiding that very thing - how many folks have ever been alone with their thoughts for more than an hour in a dentist waiting room? And how painful folks find that to be. Speaks volumes for the modern psychological condition.
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Re:Minds Turned to Ash: Burnout is more than working too hard by jdubs on Saturday August 06, 2016 @02:32PM (#12239268)
People don't know how to handle boredom anymore and it's taken a huge toll on society.
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