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Honestly, I’m just burnt out. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by someoneFromInternet@lemmy.ml to c/casualconversation@piefed.social

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I’ve realized that I’m one of those people who always demands too much of themselves. I’m constantly thinking that I’m not doing enough and that I need to be doing more.

Recently, all this exhaustion finally caught up with me, and I got sick. I thought it was a perfect excuse to finally relax: just play video games, do nothing, and actually enjoy myself.

So, I started playing games and tried to stop guilt-tripping myself for being "unproductive." Around the same time, my brother told me that this "cult of productivity" mostly serves capitalists — they want you to keep improving so they can get more out of you for the same pay. They want you to spend your energy becoming "better" instead of actually resting.

I thought that after a week of being sick, I’d be ready to jump back into my usual hobbies. But I wasn't. Now, I don't even know if I actually like programming or self-hosting anymore. Did I ever really enjoy it, or did I just convince myself I did?

It’s been two or three weeks now, and I’m still doing almost nothing. I’m starting to doubt everything I was interested in. I just wanted to share these feelings and ask: has anyone else been in a situation like this? Where you just don’t know what you’re doing it for anymore?

Thanks for listening.

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[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Not sure how much armchair psychology helps here... But I think it is a relatable feeling. Not sure if the exhaustion is the cause of the lack of motivation. Or a symptom for something else. But it's obviously hard to do any kind of work while either exhausted or having lost the motivation. I mean burnout is real, for sure.