Cal Newport’s Productivity Hack That Can Also Help You Escape Financial Burnout

Burnout isn’t just an issue in the workplace. In fact, it may be even more common in our financial lives. Sure, we’ve all heard about the notoriously low savings rates in the U.S. and the paltry average savings in most households, but regardless of income, more than half of the country reports that they are living paycheck-to-paycheck.

Furthermore, in my experience working with predominantly wealthy families for the better part of the last 30 years, there’s no net worth number that results in the elimination of financial stress. There may, however, be a method for doing so, and as we often do, we must look outside of the financial domain for the wisdom to be applied in avoiding financial burnout.