Preventative Burnout
pri-VEN-tuh-tiv BURN-owtnoun
DiagnosisIronic, self-sustaining
What it means
The exhaustion caused by the work required to avoid exhaustion, undertaken in order to avoid exhaustion.
What it actually means
The resting has become another job.
How it is used in a sentence
"I am taking a wellness day to recover from the wellness routine."
Filed under
Lifestyle & Well-Being — The industry built around resting properly, which has somehow become another job.
Coinage — There was no phrase for this. We supplied one.
Related entries
Burnout
Work & AmbitionBURN-owtnounDiagnosis
The occupational condition produced by a culture that has a word for it precisely so that it does not have to change.
Real meaningYou are exhausted and it is your responsibility to fix it.
Optimized Living
Lifestyle & Well-BeingnounCoinage
Applying productivity software to the business of being a person, on the assumption that the problem was never the software.
Real meaningI have optimised everything and I am exhausted.