How AI-Brained Are You, Actually?
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini... can't tell if you should ask AI or just text a friend? Six levels of AI dependence — from full analog to full cyborg.
What's My Burnout %? Burnout Index Test

Like a phone closing background apps to preserve battery, this person has instinctively trimmed down to what actually matters. Running on essentials only — and somewhere in the back of the mind, the thought "I'm not quite myself lately" has been surfacing. Holding it together, yes — but holding it together has become the strategy. One more degree of intentional recharge and you're right at the tipping point back to full power.
Making plans is fine — it's the moment after agreeing to them that comes with a quiet "ugh, I actually have to go." Then you get there and you're fine, but the ride home hits you twice as hard as it used to. Right now: fewer people, deeper time. Small tight circle is astronomically more efficient than spreading it thin.
Getting the work done, but that internal "I want to actually try this" engine has been switched to power save too. Doing what's asked, but the extra mile isn't happening right now — and that's not a character flaw. It's a signal that the system has been running at full capacity for a long time and is recovering. Not unmotivated. Recalibrating.
Not making big purchases — but a small comfort buy is creeping in once a day. A cafe dessert here, a convenience store detour there, a browse-and-add-to-cart with no specific destination. Think of it as a gauge reading: when it keeps repeating, that's the body saying "I need a real rest, not just a snack."
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