I saved this article to talk about burnout. I saw an opportunity to do so when we had another disagreement for the umpteenth time in our Discord over matters concerning TURBO.

I wasn't the only one- Hive account@jotnheimr had work to get to, but I could tell Hive account@jackthestreet had just about had it with one toxic individual. Hive account@proveritas had his own issues, but adding to them was the growing sentiment that thanks to certain people, progress might never be made within this community.

What is burnout?

Burnout is the feeling of depletion, cynicism, and emotional distance that results from a lack of impact or autonomy at work.

And that's exactly what's happening. From an inability to contribute meaningful content to Twitter to having futile conversations about structures the group is simply not fit for yet, I feel a gross lack of impact and autonomy at work.

When I considered my part-time job, I feel these issues alleviating. My voice is heard during meaningful conversations, I receive feedback on the positive and negative aspects of my prior efforts, and I've even heard rumors that I might be invited to contribute to a greater role within the gig.

If I didn't have other opportunities lined up, and a need for more income, I might even devote my full-time availability to it. Why?

More than doing work, I feel as though I accomplish something there. Yet, within this memecoin project, I'm met by people who'd rather vote and delegate to the ten people present.

They're disillusioned and deliberately ignoring standing issues like a lack of resources for projects. They continue to avoid asking the few remaining active members what exactly they desire, while doubling down on uninteresting initiatives like this quasi-democracy they call a council.

1 in 4, on average, all over the world, report experiencing some form of burnout. In a team of five, the number of people dealing with stresses from overbearing other people is almost four or five.

Toxic workplace behavior was the biggest indicator of burnout symptoms and intent to leave, and that makes sense. I haven't seen a single idea speak to our money problem, address the actual business opportunities we have like the Manifold partnership, and our key talent like Product and Strategy Lead from Ocean Protocol deals with insensitive brutes and accusations daily.

I'm not saying I have all the answers; the dude barely knows. But one thing's for certain, this project is close to being reduced to ash by this burnout thanks to toxic teammates. I hope I can answer the age-old question:

What do we do?