I worked 75+ hours a week and burned 40 grand on a startup that ultimately didn’t go anywhere after about a year. My stress levels were through the roof which I

I worked 75+ hours a week and burned 40 grand on a startup that ultimately didn’t go anywhere after about a year. My stress levels were through the roof which I only realized after my first vacation at a new job three months in. This new job is very laid back with minimal responsibility and work compared to both the startup I worked on and the startups I worked for before that. However, I’m now at 9 months in and I still don’t entirely feel recovered. I still have to force myself to write code when it used to be enjoyable and find my mental and intellectual recovery happening through writing, fitness and other non technical work. I’ve slowly started to recover my enjoyment of technology but deprogramming myself from every technical thing I do has to make money to I can do this technical thing out of pure curiosity is slow going. Would I do it again? Yes, I continue to generate ideas and make observations that I think have real business value but not for another 6months to a year and not the same way.