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this happened to me 10 years ago and there is basically no way back

• throwaway4aday 4y ago
  Are you still in tech or did you change careers?
• aaronyarborough 4y ago
  But what are you doing now? Do you have a job, and if so, is it in the same industry? Did a complete career change help you find something you can work on/care about again?
• Existenceblinks 4y ago
  I'm finding ways back but started to realize this .. it's probably one-way ticket. I think we can't fix it but we may be able to put in more good things to have better ratio.
  • apohn 4y ago
    >I'm finding ways back but started to realize this .. it's probably one-way ticket. When I ask myself the question about when I'll get back to the way I was, I also have to ask "Does that include being that person that let myself get burned out so badly in the first place?" What I'm slowly getting back to is a different person than who I was. I have different priorities about how/where to apply and manage my curiosity and energy. If I can accept the person I'm turning into, then I feel like I'll be back one day. If I want to be the person I was a decade ago who naively worked like a donkey until I burned out, then yes, I'm never coming back.
    • Existenceblinks 4y ago
      Yeah. Time travel lesson, as a present self if you see your future self show up, something terrible might already happen! "Why are you here, you did something wrong?"