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An indie developer shares their personal journey with burnout, tracing it back to low self-esteem and hyperfocus tendencies developed during college. After pushing too hard on their note-taking app and experiencing severe health issues, they reflect on how early validation from users created an unhealthy dependency on external approval. The piece explores accepting inherent traits as 'unfixable bugs,' the importance of unconditional self-worth, and how supportive users encouraged proper rest without deadlines.

How low self-esteem and hyperfocus drove me to burnout

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When your work is about lifting heavy things, having a back problem, pulled muscles and pains in general, most people know what you are talking about and feel sympathetic. But when your work is just brain power, pushing electrons back and forth over over nerves and gray matter, people have a hard time relating to what happens when you overexert yourself. When you push your nerves and brain too far. This article is a worthy read.

Is out there any success story that didn’t pass through burnout? 🙃

Hyperfocus always seemed like the Holy Grail to me cause I tend to get distracted easily and procrastinate… Seems like there are some downsides too after all