How can I avoid burning myself out?

for me, there's four things that combat burnout:

1. health/sleep. no way around this. you'll feel burnt out even doing what you love if you don't give yourself some TLC regularly
2. time management / work life balance. tips here: https://www.ladderly.io/blog/2025-04-18-time-management
3. I can actually work more and not get burned out if I'm doing something I'm passionate about. So, explore/exploit passion projects after work OR find a way to work on project I genuinely care about at work (and perhaps switch roles)
4. deliberate anxiety mitigation. if it's really bad then you could chat with a therapist. if it's mild then consider rest and some of the stuff mentioned in the following video, although it is more focused on the job search rather than on the job stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb8HXohYlRc