I quit my job in September, forced myself to truly rest for a month (no hobby projects or anything), and have slowly been building back since then. I feel like

I quit my job in September, forced myself to truly rest for a month (no hobby projects or anything), and have slowly been building back since then. I feel like it took me 5 months to truly feel like I wasn't burnt out anymore and I'm only now starting to look for work again. Small hobby projects were really helpful to gauge where I was at mentally. I had a couple false starts but eventually I managed to convince myself that I could actually do the work and things started being fun again as I rebuilt that confidence. Not sure how paid work will go but I'm in a lot better place mentally now so I'm hopeful.