Instagram burnout: a tidy desk, a warm coffee mug, a caption about hustle culture and finally taking a break Soft lighting A plant somewhere in the background Twenty thousand likes. Real burnout isn't aesthetic. Real burnout is forgetting to eat lunch Twice in one week Not because you were busy because you just didn't notice you were hungry. Real burnout is staring at the same line of code for 20 minutes and realizing you haven't actually read it once. Your eyes moved Your brain didn't. Real burnout is closing a ticket that used to make you proud and feeling nothing. Not satisfaction. Not relief. Nothing. I used to think burnout meant tired but accomplished The feeling you get after a big push, a late night, a hard sprint. Worn out from doing meaningful work. I was wrong. Burnout isn't the feeling after a big push. Burnout is the feeling when there's nothing left to push for. When the work is still there but the person who cared about it has quietly gone somewhere else.…