6 Cardinal Signs You’re Burnt Out, Not Lazy

Burnout is a total sense of exhaustion felt mental, emotionally, and physically. This is caused by continued and excessive amounts of stress within the body which leads to extreme difficulty in motivating oneself, resulting in low productivity. These factors may be one of the main reasons where burnout and laziness overlap.

Losing your drive, Lashing out over little things are some of the signs that can help you differentiate if what you are feeling is in fact burnout or a wave of laziness. Being lazy is a bit of habit, but if you keep loosing your interest and motivation, passion, determination, then maybe you are burned out and not lazy.