The necessary year of ‘No’
Burn out. It’s a relatively new word for an age-old problem. Apparently, burn-out was introduced in the 1970s and described as “the extinction of motivation or incentiveâ€. We hear an awful lot about it at the moment and it seems the covid pandemic is big contributor to burn-out for many. I’m in the tail end of my third year of appointment to an Assistant Professor level position. I’m not convinced that the covid pandemic is…