​It is not a sign of personal failure, but a chronic mismatch between job demands and available recovery resources. Handling burnout requires shifting from reactive coping mechanisms to systemic boundary design.
​Start by auditing your daily workflow to identify high-friction tasks and cognitive overload.

Establish rigid operational boundaries—such as enforcing asynchronous communication, turning off off-hours notifications, and ruthlessly prioritizing high-impact work over low-value busywork. Communicate workload limits clearly with management using data-driven capacity limits rather than emotional appeals.