Unlike white-collar workers, who suffer from needing to be constantly available, service workers burn out as a result of uncertain schedules and a lack of control over time, says Ashley Whillans of Harvard Business School.
" Oh, take me with you! You go away when the match burns out; you vanish like the warm stove, like the delicious roast goose, and like the magnificent Christmas tree! "
Similarly, if I have too many things lined up for the day, my efficiency may be pushed to the limit on that day, but the following day I'll be drained and burned out.
It's useful to imagine a candle, which of course has a flame at the top and then the long part of wax and it burns down slowly until there is no energy left and it burns out.
There, it's hot, dry and smoky, not a lot of rain, conditions that are dangerous because they can contribute to the spread of the wildfires burning out west.