https://franz.health/blog Short, research-backed notes on burnout, stress tracking, sleep, and the habits that hold up. A new note every four days. en Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://franz.health/blog/what-is-burnout https://franz.health/blog/what-is-burnout Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT burnout Burnout has a definition, three parts, and a set of early signs that look like commitment from the inside. Here is how to recognise it before the crash.

• Burnout is chronic workplace stress that has not been managed, with three parts: exhaustion, mental distance from the work, and feeling less effective.
• The early signs look like dedication from the inside: working longer to feel the same, going flat about wins, and treating rest as something to earn.
• It is an occupational pattern, not a personal failing, and the fix usually involves the work as well as the person.

]]> https://franz.health/blog/how-to-track-stress https://franz.health/blog/how-to-track-stress Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT tracking Tracking works when it changes what you do next. The evidence on self-monitoring, and a method that takes two minutes a day.

• Self-monitoring works: a meta-analysis of 138 trials found that tracking progress reliably improves outcomes, more so when it is written down.
• Most stress tracking fails because it records the feeling and nothing else, so there is nothing to compare it against.
• The method that holds up is small and fixed: one rating, two or three conditions, the same time every day, reviewed once a week.

]]> https://franz.health/blog/am-i-burned-out https://franz.health/blog/am-i-burned-out Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT burnout Twelve statements drawn from how burnout is actually measured, scored on the page. Not a diagnosis, but a clearer answer than 'probably fine'.

• Twelve statements, four for each of the three burnout dimensions: exhaustion, mental distance, and reduced efficacy.
• Scored on the page, with a separate figure per dimension, because which one is highest changes what you should do.
• A reflection tool, not a diagnosis. A high score is a reason to look closer and to talk to someone.

]]> https://franz.health/blog/noticing-patterns https://franz.health/blog/noticing-patterns Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT tracking One bad day is a clue. A repeat is a pattern. A practical way to see what your week is made of before one hard day becomes the whole story.

• Separate what happened from what it seemed to mean. "I was useless today" is a conclusion; "five hours' sleep and three hard calls" is a set of conditions you can compare.
• One bad day is a clue. A pattern is a similar outcome that keeps arriving with similar conditions.
• Memory keeps the sharpest moment and drops the lead-up, which is why a small written record beats recall.

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