Ask HN: Are You Burned / Burning Out?
I am currently neck deep in the job hunt, working a job I hate and unable to move the needle. Instead of screaming into the void I want to engage with others here who are having a difficult time, not finding the success they want or otherwise not able to walk the path they need to be on.
What are your challenges? What are your insurmountable obstacles that you cannot see a clear resolution to? Whether job, personal or somewhere in between show me your flames, ashes and smoke.
I want to know what you are all collectively fighting. I don't care if you are winning.
I care that you care, and that you feel hurt and / or pain because you are giving it EVERYTHING you have and you can't make any progress.
I think recognizing you are not able to make progress is the first step to achieving unreachable goals, even if you don't know what the next step beyond that is.
Burnout is awful, burnout is real. Burnout is a thing other people do to you, but it is also a thing we do to ourselves. Society does not respect people suffering from this, it is an invisible wheelchair we must all find our own ways to accommodate.