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How to tell the difference between being burnt out and just being lazy? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by monovergent@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I work a rather demanding job and I've constantly been feeling tired and underperformant compared to my colleagues for the past few months. I keep evading responsibilities or putting them off until the last minute.

Many people would kill to be where I am. Yet, I show up every day unmotivated.

There were several stressful years leading up to my current job and I'm wondering if I'm burnt out at this point or if I'm just not pulling my weight.

Edit: Thank you all for your support and guidance. I haven't given too many details here, but personal life has been moving along smoothly, chores get done, etc. But I definitely need to reconsider where I'm going with my job.

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[–] Cruxifux 0 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I understand but I get annoyed with attempts to skirt all personal responsibility. But claims of laziness are absolutely used to exploit working class populations.

[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I feel--among the working class folks I have known--that actual attempts to skirt all personal responsibility have been far less frequent than accusations of laziness toward folks who are just burned out by life and work. I do believe that laziness is a prevailing occurrence among the wealthy, but I do not see accusations of it thrown their way often. When viewed in this light, fighting the concept/usage of "laziness" inherently protects the working class.

I think anyone from hexbear who says "laziness doesn't exist" still subscribes to "from each according to their ability, to each according to their need", and statements made should be viewed with that in mind.

Anyway, I bear no ill will, I just wanted to share where the "laziness isn't a thing" folks were speaking from. Carry on, comrade.

[–] Cruxifux 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I understand. I feel like stating “laziness doesnt exist” though doesn’t help any kind of Marxist movement at all.

[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Idk that I can agree, but I can respect your viewpoint without agreeing with it. Personally, I'm a little too far to the "an" side of ancom to vibe with prevailing thoughts about the lumpenproletariat. Like, folks who want to just exist should be supported in that endeavour to any extent that it's feasible--and where not feasible, while not actively supported, they shouldn't be actively opposed or punished. "Lazy", with its strictly negative connotations, feels kinda punishing.

Though, again, I would support applying it to someone who seeks status and standing without applying effort; I just rarely if ever see it applied in that manner and would lean toward abolishing the term rather than engage in the effort to define it as such--which I suppose is lazy behavior by both definitions.

[–] Cruxifux 2 points 22 hours ago

Yeah our opinions don’t really differ much save for some subtle nuances.