Maya Rudolph says she got too burnt out from running her production company, so she left: 'I like working, but I don't like killing myself'

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Maya Rudolph says she left her production company because of burnout.

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I was too afraid to tell my boss 'no.' My burnout was so bad that one day I left the office on a stretcher.

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The author collapsed at work because of anxiety and burnout.

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Hospital wait times will still be bad this year, even with labor gains

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The US is slowly recovering from a physician shortage.

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YouTube's relentless grind is causing an OG creator exodus. Jacksepticeye may be next.

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Jacksepticeye, one of YouTube's biggest gaming stars, says he has been considering retirement.

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The average workday shrank by nearly an hour over the last 3 years, study finds

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Workers are putting in fewer hours a week at work, though many are increasingly disengaged.

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How taking a break can help save an influencer's dying career, even when it seems like there's no hope

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Gabbie Hanna, a YouTuber who took a break from the internet for a year.

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South Koreans are dealing with burnout and loneliness by getting pet rocks

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Pet rocks on the edge of Lake Mackintos in Tasmania, Australia.

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Ambition was my friend. Then it turned on me.

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My ambition helped me get into a great college, start a successful newsletter, and do a fellowship at Oxford. But it came with a cost.

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One muggy night in the summer of 2021, I found myself livestreaming a panic attack on Instagram.

I moved to Singapore for my boyfriend and landed what I thought was my dream job. Then everything fell apart.

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Miriam Deliva spent four years in Singapore.

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Employees who feel pressured to work after hours aren't as productive as people who stick to their 9-to-5, a new survey found

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Workers who spend too much time in meetings say they don't have enough time to focus, Slack's Workforce Index found.

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