Burnout can seriously damage our lives, and recognizing it before it sets in is a valuable skill! I always enjoyed building things, compounding, and scaling up to see the limits... After a while, that "challenge" would fade out, and I suppose that's the moment the burnout would hit me... Unfortunately, I wouldn't realize that and would continue pushing until I got bored and started something new, all over again...
You made a good decision to slow down and take a vacation before the initial plan... Life happens, listening to what it says to us makes our journey less predictable, but more sustainable...
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I certainly relate to what you are saying. Burnout is for real! I escaped as planned, just in the nick of time. Probs would have been healthier to give myself an extra month. But hey ho! Here we are.