Burnout for Beginners

A Mildly Helpful Guide to Being Tired of Everything

Feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and quietly furious about how much effort it takes to be a functional adult?
You may be burned out. Or you may simply be living in a world that treats constant productivity like a personality requirement. Burnout for Beginners is a mildly helpful, occasionally funny guide for people who are tired of everything - especially the pressure to keep improving, optimizing, and hustling as if rest is something you have to earn.

This is not a “wake up at 5 a.m. and change your life” book. It’s a more honest take on burnout, mental fatigue, and modern stress - written for overachievers, chronic doers, and anyone stuck in the productivity trap. With dry humor and real insight, Blaise Nothingmore helps you recognize the signs of burnout, understand why you feel so drained, and start rebuilding a calmer life without turning recovery into another full-time job.

Inside, you’ll explore why “being busy” can feel addictive, why more effort isn’t always better, and how perfectionism quietly burns through your energy. You’ll also find permission to slow down, do less, and rethink success in a way that doesn’t require constant self-monitoring. If traditional self-help makes you feel worse, this book offers a different approach: less hype, more relief.

In this book, you’ll discover:

• How the overachiever mindset turns rest into guilt and exhaustion into normal
• What burnout really is, including common symptoms and the science behind stress
• Why productivity culture keeps you running even when you’re running on empty
• How to embrace downtime without treating it like failure
• Ways to redefine success, celebrate small wins, and let “average” be enough
• How humor can help you cope with anxiety, pressure, and emotional overload
• Practical reflections for saying no, setting boundaries, and creating mental relief
• How self-compassion and connection make burnout recovery feel less lonely

Burnout for Beginners is for readers who want stress relief and burnout recovery strategies, but don’t want another book that shouts at them to level up. It’s for people who feel trapped in perfectionism, overwhelmed by constant expectations, and tired of being told the solution is more discipline. If you’re looking for a realistic, relatable burnout book that offers comfort, clarity, and a better mindset - without pretending life is a motivational poster - this one is for you.

If you’re ready to stop treating exhaustion like a badge of honor, start here.