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I feel you Man! There are no quick answers but there certainly is a "Discipline" which if adopted can effect change. First off, DON'T quit your job without hav

I feel you Man! There are no quick answers but there certainly is a "Discipline" which if adopted can effect change. First off, DON'T quit your job without having another already lined up. "A Bird in Hand is worth two in the Bush" and all that. The "Discipline" comes from the "Yoga Sutras of Patanjali" which you can freely adapt to your life, like so; - Yamas - Regulate your interaction with the external environment. Change what you can and ignore (completely from your mind) what you can't. Make a list of both. - Niyamas - Setup personal habits to automate your daily needs. These are things like maintaining fixed work hours, eating at proper time etc. Make a list to follow. - Asanas - Daily Physical exercise (whatever suits you). - Pranayama - Daily Breathing exercise (learn to slow down your breathing and breath more deeply) - Pratyahara - Practice withdrawing your mind from unnecessary things. - Dharana - Practice repeatedly focusing on one thing. - Dhyana - As a consequence of the above, Concentration on the object of study arises and the mind becomes steady. Note that the above listed activities must proceed in parallel and not sequential. You have to Act and Do and not merely Read and Think. But the latter provides the fuel for the former. So in that spirit read and adapt what you need from Yoga and Western Psychology: A Comparison by Geraldine Coster - https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189086 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189086

wodenokoto 5y ago
> First off, DON'T quit your job without having another already lined up. "A Bird in Hand is worth two in the Bush" and all that. I would very much recommend against that. If you are burnt out, learning a new place of work and new collegues, new goals, etc. aren't going to give you opportunity for restitution. Quit, with the only plan to not have a plan for 3 months. Then after 3 months, you can begin thinking about making a plan.
- cookieswumchorr 5y ago
  this is purely a question of being able to afford it. To just quit, you should be able to afford living costs not just for 3 Months, but rather a year or so just in case you need more rest, and/or your search for a new job takes longer. edit: didn't see it in OP's post, he's got the money. so maybe its a way for him
- giantg2 5y ago
  I disagree. You should line up a job with a start date that gives you a short break. At least for me, the biggest part of burnout is that you don't have hope. Why should I try hard if it's not rewarded? Why should I learn this new tech thing if I use the knowledge only once and then throw it away? You need that knowledge that the next job will actually be better, and to do that you need it lined up.
cpach 5y ago
“First off, DON'T quit your job without having another already lined up.” IMO, there’s really no right or wrong answer here. It depends on so many things. Most of all the economical situation, and the risk appetite of the person in question. Some people would never quit a job before they have a new one lined up. That’s fine. It’s not some universal law of nature though that you should never do that. It’s just a preference. Which is all right. People have different preferences.

wodenokoto 5y ago

> First off, DON'T quit your job without having another already lined up. "A Bird in Hand is worth two in the Bush" and all that. I would very much recommend against that. If you are burnt out, learning a new place of work and new collegues, new goals, etc. aren't going to give you opportunity for restitution. Quit, with the only plan to not have a plan for 3 months. Then after 3 months, you can begin thinking about making a plan.

cookieswumchorr 5y ago
this is purely a question of being able to afford it. To just quit, you should be able to afford living costs not just for 3 Months, but rather a year or so just in case you need more rest, and/or your search for a new job takes longer. edit: didn't see it in OP's post, he's got the money. so maybe its a way for him
giantg2 5y ago
I disagree. You should line up a job with a start date that gives you a short break. At least for me, the biggest part of burnout is that you don't have hope. Why should I try hard if it's not rewarded? Why should I learn this new tech thing if I use the knowledge only once and then throw it away? You need that knowledge that the next job will actually be better, and to do that you need it lined up.

cpach 5y ago

“First off, DON'T quit your job without having another already lined up.” IMO, there’s really no right or wrong answer here. It depends on so many things. Most of all the economical situation, and the risk appetite of the person in question. Some people would never quit a job before they have a new one lined up. That’s fine. It’s not some universal law of nature though that you should never do that. It’s just a preference. Which is all right. People have different preferences.