How to Prevent Burning Out. First of all you must be able to rest. At least one day per week you should spend for procrastination (or any different stuff, or just for to do nothing). Sounds awful, but this is very important to recover your resource. One more important thing is understanding the value of your work. How does your work help people? How many people use the result of your work? How does your work change the world around you? All of these questions are very important for understanding what is the real value of your contribution. Just answer for yourself. I’m totally sure all the kinds of work are very important, but unfortunately we sometimes have no understanding of that. This is just my experience. It works for me, and I hope it will be useful for you as well.