100% agreed. It's sad that we demonize the symptom of people being constantly burnt out which is the constant need to turn brain off and not the thing burning people out which is our work culture.
It's one of the things I never feel right about complaining about because literally every other aspect of being a "knowledge worker" is great but having to use brain all day means at night I'm physically energized but mentally exhausted which sucks for actually doing anything.
even within consumption, a lot of the time i feel spent & dont even want to watch a Good tv show, and intentionally pick something really dumb and pointless.
It's one of the things I never feel right about complaining about because literally every other aspect of being a "knowledge worker" is great but having to use brain all day means at night I'm physically energized but mentally exhausted which sucks for actually doing anything.