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How Career Burnout Reshapes Your Sense of Time
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In episode 104 of The Burnout Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how chronic workplace exhaustion distorts your perception of time. They dive into the research on 'time scarcity' — the feeling that there's never enough — and how burnout flips your internal clock into a state of constant urgency. Lucas breaks down a study from the Journal of Experimental Psychology showing that burned-out workers overestimate task duration by 30 percent, leading to a vicious cycle of rushing and exhaustion. The hosts discuss the concept of 'time confetti' — small fragmented moments stolen by notifications and switching contexts — and how reclaiming a sense of 'slow time' through deliberate boredom can reset your circadian rhythm. Luna shares her own experience with 'Sunday scaries' bleeding into Monday morning, and they offer one concrete practice: a 10-minute 'time audit' to see where your minutes actually go. If this show has helped you rethink your relationship with work and time, consider supporting it at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo.