#uxaustralia2020
"I should have said no, 20 yesses ago."
It's more likely in women, millenials, personality and creatives.
Hustle culture means we have imposter syndrome never feeling enough and ending up with hurry worry
She wanted to find out what had happened to get her here.
Why was I feeling this way?
Why was I burnt out?
Why was I travelling so much?
Why did I feel like I had to prove myself?
Why did I feel like I couldn't squander this opportunity? I'm a first gen immigrant and taught to take opportuities
Dying from overwork
Taking a vacation (shown not to work)
Lean into the discomfort and find out what was going on.
You make the most decisions when you breath out. If you can control your breathing a bit more you can make better decisions.
Vinita is a ball of cynicism when she's stressed out, she keeps a folder of positive comments that she can access when she starts to feel burned out.
Vinita struggles letting go of things
A low threshold and professional PTSD, the harmful behaviours she brought with her from previous jobs.
Are we in an industry that demands it or are we demanding it of ourselves?
Zoom fatigue
No shifts in in behaviours
Expectations
Acceptance
It's a process, not a capability.
It should not be quantified by how many times we've bounced back from burnout, it should be how many times we have avoided it.
Your methods will have different flavours
Make sure you iterate