Do you feel sometimes that you are super motivated and want to do the best job, and other times when you just cannot be bothered and feel too tired to even care? Is this what burnout is? Do the hours in IB and its control over your life eventually suck the motivation out of you?
I feel really stupid and sad that I feel this way for what used to be my dream job.
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