Hi đ,
The deepest form of professional burnout in midlife doesnât come from working too many hours. It comes from spending years being exceptionally competent at things you no longer care about.
You are reliable. You deliver. People bring you problems because they know you will solve them efficiently. But sitting over a document or a project, you feel a hollow, echoing blankness. Being good at something is not a mandate to spend the rest of your life doing it. Competence without alignment is just high-functioning depletion.
Todayâs inspired action: Look at your workload today. What is one task you do purely because you are good at it, rather than because it holds any genuine value for you?
See you tomorrow for your next Midlife Edit â¤ď¸
Kiran x
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The Work Youâre No Longer Willing to Do for Money or Approval
Thereâs a point in midlife where you start noticing something very simple; itâs not that you canât do the work anymore; itâs that you donât want to. Not because youâve become lazy, but because youâve become clear. Clear about the hidden cost of certain tasks, certain rooms, certain expectations, certain versions of âprofessionalismâ that are really justâŚ