Harry Potter star Emma Watson’s career pause in 2019 reflects a common phenomenon with ambitious workers: burnout. She’s been on a hiatus from movie acting since 2019, her last role was in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, where she was about 29 at the time—and now she’s revealing the grueling schedules and emotional toll that forced her to step back.
“I just used to completely sacrifice myself for whatever the thing was I was trying to achieve,” Watson said on an Episode of “On Purpose” by Jay Shetty yesterday.
