Writers, how do you handle burnout?  

Writing is difficult as it needs inspiration and focus. If something's boggling your mind you gotta stop first and think of your priorities. If you decide to give up on something then probably it's just something you need to forgo for a much greater deal and stop thinking about so you can move forward smoothly. One thing I learned from experience is to never think of the what ifs in my life be happier with what I got.

I haven't written long enough to feel burnout, I guess having many hobbies can prevent burnout.
I wonder if you could the venue for writing, and the method of writing as well. I mean, most of us are so used to typing right into the Word, and so used to write at home.
How about writing with pen and notebook in the fast food restaurant? Just write about people, kids and food. I guess a change in routine is refreshing.

By burnout, do you mean writers block ? Writers block have various reasons. and various ways to deal with it. You can either choose to take break from writing and do something creative for a while. Then come back again and start writing something. This way you can be into the writing back again.

There are plenty of blog articles written already for the topic of "writers block". You can read and learn lot of ways to get over writers block. There is also an ebook called "70 solutions to common writing mistakes". This book explains how to get over the burnout of writing. There are many other good tips as well. You can check sites like performancing for the articles related to writers block.

Author raj dash on performancing written various articles about handling burnout. You can definitely check out his blog on how to improve productivity and handle writers block.

I don't do well because if I don't write every day I become a nervous person who no one really wants to be around. Often when that happens, I'll revert to places like this where I can just post without much thinking because the topic is already provided for you and all you have to do is answer a question like a test in high school. That usually fixes the burnout in a day or two.