Why can't I shake the burnout despite taking all advice on how to overcome it?
I've been burnt out for close to a year now, and started trying to recover from it during August of last year. I took three months of FMLA leave with therapy, took vacations, have plenty of hobbies and friends, and spend time with my family.
It's still difficult to remain productive at work, but I slipped from being incredibly stressed over making mistakes or completely work quickly to just not caring. My performance feedback is great, but I just don't care if my work quality slips or if timelines get pushed. None of it matters to me. It's just not something that's important in my life.
It's not like my job is high stress at the moment. I do want to become productive again as it'll make the day go by faster and I can get through my project faster. I just can't seem to shake the slump and it's like I can't think anymore. My work involves a lot of writing and analysis and it's like my mind can't handle that anymore.
Why can't I shake the burnout? I am going on a few weeks of vacation in September but in the meantime I'm easily annoyed, detached, and do not care about the work.