It took me about 6 months of having all the time I wanted to actually start making a sizable dent on the backlog of projects. Recovering from adhd-flavored burnout is no quick thing.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 6 months ago (3 children)

ain't that the truth. 6 months to recover from burnout is pretty good even. Some people are burnt out for years.

[–] MelodiousFunk 9 points 6 months ago

Year and a half and counting, checking in.

[–] Captain_Waffles@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Yep. Burnout can take aaaaageeessss to get over.

[–] BubbleMonkey 1 points 6 months ago

I think it really helps for me that I don’t have anyone to take care of except myself, some cats, and some aquatic friends. They will let me slack if I have to. And I have enough saved up that this can continue for a long while if I want (which I do; I’m that fabled “nobody” who doesn’t want to work ever again)

Whenever I’ve tried to recover and I was living with anyone else, it was absolutely much longer and more difficult. They, like, had needs and stuff and for whatever reason assumed that not working meant I was going to handle them all, plus more.. plus I couldn’t just assume that my money would last, like I can now.

When I say above “whatever I want to do”, I really do mean it. And even with that, 6 months to start getting things done again has made me feel like an abject failure many times. I have to keep reminding myself I gave myself so much time for a reason.