Since I think burn out is often caused by work issues in combination with personal issues, here's my two cents on quitting while in it or close to it. I've bee

Since I think burn out is often caused by work issues in combination with personal issues, here's my two cents on quitting while in it or close to it. I've been working as a contractor for several years now, and for about 2 years now I am also working on my own start up together with a partner but it's earning 0 because reasons. After having worked A LOT over the past few years, I had a big financial buffer that allowed me complete freedom in my decision to quit, which was a very important factor. For a long time I felt like I might be close to burning out due to working too much, getting bored of work, being unable to get anything changed at the company I was working for (as a software architect), and dealing with relationship issues. I took all of March off to see if that would help, but within 1-2 weeks after getting back I realized I wasn't really ready yet but I kept going because it was a very convenient job. Second last week of April something small happened that pissed me off more than it should, revealing to me that I wasn't in a good state of mind to keep working there. The next day I informed the company I would quit as soon as possible (which ended up end of April). I decided I was going to be working on my own startup for the foreseeable future while taking it easy to get my head straight again. I ended up just coding endlessly on the project as a means of being distracted while never really dealing with real issues because I did not have the energy to confront them. Meanwhile I keep going in circles dealing with the end of my relationship and I seem to be unable to move on. I've come to realize spending so much time on my own with little distraction has been an issue. I ended up deciding to try to find a new job again and work for my start up only 2 days a week, but it has been hard finding something for 3 days a week. I obviously want to work on location 1-2 days, which is also not ideal with Covid. The lesson I learned from this is not to quit when you're not happy about your personal situation, even if you can afford to financially and professionally. The distraction is probably healthy, and if your current job isn't, find another one that is instead of quitting altogether.