Diagnosis
You are not broken. You are depleted and still trying to sprint. Burnout is often an integrity injury: living a life that looks successful and feels like a lie, plus no recovery protocol.
Protocol
- 1Stop the bleed: cut one obligation this week. Not 'optimize.' Cut.
- 2Sleep like it is a mission. Protect a shutdown hour. No heroics after 9.
- 3Rebuild capacity in 4 phases: assess, stop, rebuild, protect. Do not skip to 'new project.'
The standard: One cut, one sleep protocol, one honest sentence about what is actually wrong.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28