Several years ago, my brother, who is a software developer, changed jobs and went to work for a different company.

A pioneer in the work-from-home movement, he would still be coding from amidst the tangle of cables and blinking lights in his basement. But he’d be collaborating on an all-new project with all-new people.

I felt a pang of jealousy. “That’s not fair,” I thought. “He gets to work somewhere new, and I’m stuck doing the same thing.”

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One of the luxuries of adulthood is that you can spend most of your time doing things that you’re already good at.

As you come to have the means to do so, you can regulate your environment so that you have few surprises and everything is where you like it.

Consequently, you don’t have to be uncomfortable unless something happens beyond your control or you choose to do something new.

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On a recent project, I asked for some data from a member of the team.

I was looking for more information on the outliers in the data set — the easily visible spikes.

When I got the report, it had comprehensive information on not only the handful of outliers, but also regarding another twenty-five samples. Everything was presented very prettily — the report must have taken hours.

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I am doing everything wrong on social media.

As a creator, I’m supposed to have a niche. As a business owner, I’m supposed to have a clear offer.

I’m supposed to post in three different categories: one third education, one third inspiration, and one third promotion.

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Obviously, sleep well. Eat well. Get exercise. 

And if you’re doing all of that and you still feel awful, what then? 

My hypothesis is that burnout comes from a mismatch of our expectations and our choices. 

To fix that, we can adjust our expectations, or we can adjust our choices. 

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