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An illustrated meditation from deep in the black.
I’m pretty sure that, by the time you wonder if you‘ve reached the point of burnout…
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…it’s more than a little ways behind you.
When I find myself at that point,
it usually first shows as a desire to just
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Metaphorically, of course.
The actual urge to action used to be pretty dire:
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Now, honestly, the urges might not be a bad idea…
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Instead, I withdraw…
mainly to try and protect those I love from being hurt by my prickly mindset.
