Join this session to hear one strategic UX consultant’s personal journey through a burn-out and the changes he made to work life as a creative person and leader.
At Adobe Max 2020 virtual conference.
Presented by Thorsten Jonas.
Related to this personal talk. He makes a good point that we can still be creative even while we are burned out but that we can’t use that as an excuse not to deal with problems.
He described a familiar pattern of having trouble, taking a break, then returning without changing anything (which lets the problem return).
His approach to recovering from burnout:
- Use your tools (things you know help you)
- Focus on things besides work / strengthen your personal life
- Reevaluate work
- Start new things, connect with new people, try new directions
“The key to healing is the confrontation with yourself.”
