I always felt that people (brilliant or not, who am I to judge) lose their touch because they stop learning and start making excuses. "I'm not young anymore". "

I always felt that people (brilliant or not, who am I to judge) lose their touch because they stop learning and start making excuses. "I'm not young anymore". "The world has changed". "Back in my days it was easier". As far as burnout, I always felt like getting a few small wins was quite beneficial for preventing it. For example, as a programmer, depending on a level of burnout, I might: - Fix a small bug - Learn / setup up a new framework (shout-out to all JS frameworks out there -- you help us prevent burnout!) - Do a self-contained project that you can release in a few days - in severe cases Do some random shit completely not related to programming until you miss it and naturally come back because it's fun again.