Burnout, in this context, is not experienced as failure but as continuity, folded quietly into the everyday business of keeping things moving. People learn to tolerate inefficiency, to move around obstacles, to accept that things rarely settle into clarity, and to treat endurance not as a temporary state but as a stable one. Commitments accumulate without a clear moment of excess, and stopping begins to feel disproportionate to the relief it might offer. Choices are made according to feasibility rather than desire and adjustment begins to feel like the only responsible response to uncertainty. The risk, then, is not burnout as a crisis, but burnout as an accommodation.

Source: Bangkok Post January 09, 2026 23:47 UTC