Burnout is not the enemy. Lack of achievement is.

The only way out of your perpetual state of restlessness is making enough achievements every day until fatigued. There’s no quick fix this time. You cannot bypass that no matter what you do or how hard you try.

Your brain will never understand how to work, function, or operate normally without having accomplished enough achievements at present or recently enough. Achievement is what reminds your brain of how it’s supposed to work, operate, or function. No amount of Dopamine, Serotonin, or any neuro-chemical can bypass that or make up for a lack of achievement in your life, no matter what, whether naturally or artificially boosted or elevated.

You don’t achieve to elevate those chemicals or any other neuro-chemical whatsoever. You achieve to teach your brain and body how things work, because they seem to forget all of that every single time, and start from scratch every day, even if that significantly contributes to exacerbating whatever problems that are making the life of your brain or body definitely not easier. Just as you cannot rely on having had dinner last year for nourishment and strength today, you need to feed your brain and body with information about how to work, operate, or function that they can only derive from achievement. No other source can provide them with such information or knowledge, not even your own memory or past experience. You cannot think your way out of this one. Only action will make a difference.

Don’t organize your life around avoidance of burnout or labor. Organize your life around being able to make ample achievement every day at will until fatigued. This is true freedom and independence. You cannot feel or be truly alive without that. At least as long as you are intelligent enough to have that as a basic survival need.