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I ran into this earlier this year too. I quit and took the 3-4 months off from work that I could afford. I gained a new perspective on work and realized it was
by artmage 4y ago
I ran into this earlier this year too. I quit and took the 3-4 months off from work that I could afford. I gained a new perspective on work and realized it was a smaller part of my self worth/life than I thought. I got a new job that reflected perhaps the only/most enjoyable part of tech I enjoyed: straight application development. I immersed myself in it with old associates I worked with before from my favorite job. I kept a daily list of tasks meticulously watching over my attention and how I worked and would resequence the list at any point in the day I would start to feel blocked/like I didn't care/lost, so I would stay on task and remain immersed. After following this pattern and working the full 8 hours everyday and not working from home as much as possible. My mind again felt healthy and focused again, now I find it effortless and even happy at work again. Even as pressures mounted with higher work load I realized staying busy doing actual work was the answer I sought and then stopping right at 5 and not thinking about work at all after that. I hope my comments are helpful. It's what I tried and it seemed to work for me. I called my task list in TextEdit my dopamine hitlist. I know it sounds overly simplistic but it helped me solve the core of my problem:burnout, by staying focused at a new job with a fresh start with people I could trust/or try to trust. And sticking to a rigid morning routine, exercise each morning, that didn't allow for distraction and then sitting down and starting my list no matter what till it felt natural again and I felt like my burnout was gone. But honestly I had to change EVERYTHING, so it in no way resembled my old job. I also ate right, took different vitamins I thought would help: D3, Multivitamin, HTP-5, etc. I don't know how much those helped, but even as a placebo, I knew it was the intent to focus on simple tasks and small wins that carried me through my transition back to caring about work.