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robertbrown


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I’m a junior at a state school in Ohio, and lately I can’t tell if I’m actually burned out or just terrible at being disciplined. I see posts quoting Elon Musk about working 80-hour weeks and professors referencing Angela Duckworth’s grit research, and I wonder if I’m just not built for this pace. I work 25 hours a week, carry 16 credits, and still feel behind. Is this normal now? At what point does “push through it” stop being healthy advice?

 



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I’m 29 now, finished undergrad in Chicago after taking two gap years, and I’ll be honest with you. What you’re describing isn’t laziness. During my sophomore year I was juggling a campus job and commuting from Aurora, and I hit a wall so hard I started googling things I’m not proud of, including pay someone to do assignment and do my homework for me online. I even tried a professional essay writer service once. It didn’t fix the problem. It just made me feel disconnected from my own education.

 

Burnout isn’t about hours. It’s about control. When I stopped trying to match the hustle mythology of people such as Elon Musk and focused on passing, not performing, my grades stabilized. The American College Health Association reports over 60 percent of students feel overwhelming anxiety. You’re not broken. You’re overloaded. The shift for me was accepting that ambition without boundaries is self-sabotage dressed up as discipline.



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