Times Like These: Notes on Creativity, Chaos and Reinvention

Times Like These: Notes on Creativity, Chaos and Reinvention

When Did Burnout Become Something We Brag About?

We’ve glamorized the grind for way too long.

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Jon Willey
Sep 10, 2025
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There was a stretch of my life where everything looked right on paper. The job. The title. The salary. The family. The calendar so full it made me feel important. If you’ve been following my writing, you’ve seen parts of that story already. The cracks were showing. This isn’t about rehashing the collapse. This is about what we’ve all been doing that kee…

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