The negative effects of FRC

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I've written several posts on this already, so I'll be brief, but you're not at all alone in your struggles, OP. I burned out quite badly in 2014 and 2015, to the point where I was legitimately concerned about my health. This year, I was forced to step back and do less, and it was certainly the right thing to do.

You, and only you, can determine what your own hard limits are. Find them, and don't push yourself past them. FIRST is not worth that. Push yourself within those limits. Push what you can do with the time you can afford to spend - always strive to be better! - but don't ever feel compelled to jeopardize your own physical or mental well-being in pursuit of FRC. It is not good for you, and it ultimately is not good for FRC (it's much more harmful to a team to lose a member or mentor for a long period of time, possibly permanently, to burnout than it is to make due with somewhat less of their time on a continuing basis).