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re: Anyone living with burnout?
Posted on 11/18/24 at 9:27 pm to ManWithNoNsme
Posted on 11/18/24 at 9:27 pm to ManWithNoNsme
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Posted on 11/18/24 at 9:31 pm to MWP
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This thread will be filled with great advice for how to live with the burnout, but unless you wake up feeling like what you do matters AND that you’re appreciated/valued because of it, you’re going to stay burnt out. Only way to truly fix it is to change those circumstances. I am not sure if there is better advice than this.
Disagree with this. Secret to happiness is to be content and present in every moment, whether pleasant or monotonous. Happiness shouldn’t be dependent on “feeling appreciated “ or “doing something that matters” , because a lot of that is telling yourself stories in your head about something you may not have much control over.
Posted on 11/18/24 at 9:34 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa
Don't doom scroll. It'll suck you in and then take control of your life, contributing to the burnout. Don't do it!
Posted on 11/18/24 at 9:41 pm to ManWithNoNsme
You want to meet with yourself??? You’re calling yourself a pussy???
Posted on 11/18/24 at 9:42 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa
I get the urge to tear up my life about every half decade or so. I've been feeling that urge again this year. I'm just four years to retirement though, so really struggling with maintaining the status quo. However, my mind and spirit feel like they're wanting to grow.
Posted on 11/18/24 at 9:52 pm to Frankenswine5150
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Life has a way of flying right by. So, there’s no sense in spending most of it dreading your day to day.
This is the honest truth. Lately, I have been starting to dread work Monday morning as early as Saturday afternoon. This is unacceptable to me and I intend to make a change. This afternoon, I started investigating retirement.
Posted on 11/18/24 at 9:59 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa
More so now than ever. I have a lot going on for sure. Work, school, family, baby 3 due in January, things needs to be done around the house. Work is really getting frustrating and effecting my life way more than I want it to. I’m doing a pretty good job of leaving the stress at work and not taking it home with me. School should lighten up soon and will be done in May.
I’m there with ya brother. My goal is to start some kind of exercise routine soon. I need to write out a date so that I can hold myself accountable.
My next option would be meds. I just need to care a little less and that should help with feeling overwhelmed and such.
I’m there with ya brother. My goal is to start some kind of exercise routine soon. I need to write out a date so that I can hold myself accountable.
My next option would be meds. I just need to care a little less and that should help with feeling overwhelmed and such.
Posted on 11/18/24 at 10:53 pm to Gusoline
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happiness hits its peak about the time you make it to where you can afford all your bills and have a little left over. after that more money is meaningless.
learn to live cheap and get there faster. Stop caring what anyone else thinks and you wont need to impress them.
I need to take this to heart. Thought provoking thread
Posted on 11/18/24 at 11:18 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa
You GOTTA get a hobby. And if you already have one, find a different one. Looks for something new that excites you.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 5:33 am to dukke v
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Sacrifice is a huge part of a marriage. So is acceptance. Why does it bother you that she stays home??? Job stress??? You must not be very good at your current job if you feel this way.
THIS!!!!!!
The poor guy is feeling burnout so you decide he needs Shame, Insults, and Guilt. You don’t even know this person but you have already crossed the line that promises a fight to the death. But, you’re a female. Not a woman. You have a vagina but nothing that says fit, feminine, and friendly. Ghetto hyenas…
Posted on 11/19/24 at 7:45 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
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Not depression, more just a sense of Ground Hog day every time the alarm goes off in the morning?
Is this just being an adult or are there any tips for breaking out of a rut that have worked for you?
I don't sleep well, probably a big factor. But that's another topic all together.
It is reality and it is, for all the stress, a blessing. I know that is not the popular sentiment but imagine for a moment what it would mean if you were not in a "rut". Most likely it would mean you were unemployed - for most adults we are either in a "rut" or looking for a "rut" to get into. No one would prefer working a boring job to a life of leisure but about as many people have the option....leading a life of leisure is out of reach for most of us AND, believe it or not, can easily lead to a less meaningful and stressful "rut". I semi-retired at 42 years of age and moved to Europe. I enjoyed it for about 6 months and then realized I was bored out of my mine. I did not sit around twiddling my thumbs, I traveled all over Europe and spent long periods of time in places most people would spend a couple of days in a lifetime exploring. It was fantastic, but like anything it became tedious. I found a job that gave me some purpose and allowed me to travel more than I wanted to and do so on the company's dime.
The secret, for me, is to be happy with what I have and what I can do and to not worry too much about the things I do not have and can't do. Life is short but it is sooooooo sweet. I absolutely enjoy going to work and I enjoy being off work. I do not concern myself with things I can't control and enjoy the things I can....many of them very small and seemingly meaningless. I prefer a rut - I have been unemployed, I have ran a small business with numerous employees and responsibilities, I have worked for a living and I have lead a life of leisure and could do so today - it is not for me. I enjoy life, which includes tedium as well as exhilaration. Either way it beats the alternative....
Posted on 11/19/24 at 7:52 am to Frankenswine5150
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Make a change. It’s far easier said than done, but you know when it’s time. Life has a way of flying right by. So, there’s no sense in spending most of it dreading your day to day. It’ll make you older quicker. Several years ago, after a lifetime of being involved in collision repair, we sold our business. You couldn’t believe the weight that was gone off my shoulders. Now, I put in three days a week in a non related field. I wouldn’t go back to the grind for twice the pay.
This is good advice if one is in a position where life is absolutely grinding them down to a nub. Nothing is worth it, Not family, not money, certainly not material possessions. The one thing about change is that it is the one constant that is reliable in life....might as well embrace it AND, when necessary, set in in motion on your own terms because its going to happen either way. After a couple of times of setting it in motion on your own terms it is not as daunting...in fact it is exciting. Given it is inevitable it is something one must master to be happy. Death is equally inevitable, people overly concerned about it are universally defined as being emotionally unstable. Change is no different...and is far less daunting than years and years of misery. There is a caveat though, if the misery is self imposed changing anything other than the mindset that drives the misery is only going to increase the misery. We choose to be miserable or satisfied....neither is an easy or difficult choice, they are equal, why it is so common to choose misery is a mystery.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 8:00 am to BoogaBear
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Find joy in little things.
PREACH! There is so much in almost any life to appreciate yet we tend to get bogged down in things we can't control and often times have no direct impact on us while ignoring the things that surround us which are a blessing. The sun rises and sets everyday even in the bleakest of human lives. We seldom notice unless it is a spectacular sunrise/sunset....but every last one of them is special...and they happen every single day. Just one of thousands of things we take for granted while focusing on meaningless shite we can't control and most of which does not impact us.
I DESPISE my commute. It has gotten nearly untenable. I do not let it bother me for more than a few minutes a day, in the moment, because I accept it is a self imposed misery, not something that is being done to me but something I do to myself by informed choice. If it were any other way I would simply not do it - I would make a change. I have done it many times before. After doing it a few times and realizing life goes on it is actually pretty easy and knowing it is easy makes managing aggravating shite far less aggravating. If it is untenable and you ain't being held against your will make a change. If it is about money and family and possessions that is a choice....no one in this country is being forced to do anything, we make choices - we have the ability to change if we want to.
Posted on 11/21/24 at 11:47 am to Hobie101
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Disagree with this. Secret to happiness is to be content and present in every moment, whether pleasant or monotonous. Happiness shouldn’t be dependent on “feeling appreciated “ or “doing something that matters” , because a lot of that is telling yourself stories in your head about something you may not have much control over.
A person can simultaneously be generally happy and specifically burnt out. They aren’t mutually exclusive. I can speak from experience.
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