are you a burnout? have you ever been a burnout?

I get burned out about the third week of every month. But then the first two weeks of the new month all the money arrives and I feel better.

conditions are slowly improving for me being less of a burnout, at about the rate my aging seems to be eroding my energy stores.

kinda like my annual raise being cancelled out by annual rent / cost of living increases. which, come to think of it, is a big contributor to my burnout.

Let me tell ya, I am fucking *thrilled* to be done (in a few weeks) with this freelance gig I've been working on and off since February. I think I'm just going to take January off and take long winter hikes with the dogs, work on writing, and fuck around. I need it.