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Watched a coworker burn out in 6 months flat because he never took a real day off
Guy I shared a co-working space with in Medellin started strong posting from cafes every day, but after 6 months he looked dead inside and finally admitted he hadn't taken a single full offline weekend. Anyone else see the same thing happen to people who treat nomad life like a permanent vacation instead of a job?
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noah_black2d ago
Exactly 4 months into my first stint in Chiang Mai I hit a wall hard. I was in a hostel common room at 11pm on a Saturday pretending to be productive. @riley595 is right, you're just burning out in a nicer location. What broke the cycle for me was forcing a strict Sunday shutdown no matter what. No laptop, no Slack, no "just checking one thing." I'd go walk around the old city or find a random street food market. That one full day off every week made the other six way more sustainable.
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