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How Career Burnout Reshapes Your Relationship with Money
Season 3
Episode 113
Published 1 week, 4 days ago
Description
Episode 113 of The Burnout Podcast explores how chronic workplace exhaustion rewires our financial instincts. Lucas and Luna dive into the 'burnout spending cycle' — the tendency to overpay for convenience, avoid negotiating, and hoard cash out of fear. They discuss a 2023 study from the Journal of Applied Psychology showing that burned-out employees are 40% more likely to make impulse purchases, and unpack the emotional cost of buying back energy. Plus, practical frameworks for breaking the cycle: from Nordstrom's return policy as a safety net to the 72-hour rule before any non-essential purchase. The episode closes with a reflection on rebuilding trust with money after burnout.