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Re: Ask HN: Feels like my brain doesn't want to work anymore

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Post by thenomad »

stuxnet79 wrote: post #9
thenomad wrote: post #6

Just in case the occasional anti-games mentality rears its ugly head around here: whilst there are lots of good suggestions coming up, games are certainly a pretty solid way to relax too. In the last couple of months I've been recovering from mild-to-moderate burnout symptoms myself, and a lot of how I've been doing that is playing The Witcher 3. It works. (It probably helps if the game you're playing is one of the m…

Yes, there's a lot of bias against gaming, which to me isn't right. However, I find that playing video games feels either too dry or too much like work these days. I spent a significant amount of money building a gaming PC just to get back into the gaming life but I never play the damn thing because the games I have are either too boring or too hard to play in short bursts. I've pretty much burned out on gaming ... l…

Yeah, that can totally happen. I know people who burned out pretty hard doing things like running MMO guilds or trying to compete in PvP games like Hearthstone.

Definitely, do what works for you at that time.

Re: Ask HN: Feels like my brain doesn't want to work anymore

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Post by jason_slack »

junto wrote: post #7

Life is a balance. This persistent lack of sleep, stress and over-exertion needs to be given back. Your mind and body are trying to tell you something. You need to listen. Take some time off if you can afford it. Travelling is a good way to get away from everything related to work. No computers and mobile phone. When you come back, you'll have lots of new perspectives, new ideas and feel refreshed. I'm not sure where…

Although probably frigid cold now, the US has the Appalachian Trails, over 2000 miles, from Maine to Georgia.

There was a movie featuring it recently too: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1178665/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Re: Ask HN: Feels like my brain doesn't want to work anymore

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Post by ionised »

thenomad wrote: post #6

Just in case the occasional anti-games mentality rears its ugly head around here: whilst there are lots of good suggestions coming up, games are certainly a pretty solid way to relax too. In the last couple of months I've been recovering from mild-to-moderate burnout symptoms myself, and a lot of how I've been doing that is playing The Witcher 3. It works. (It probably helps if the game you're playing is one of the m…

PC gaming is absolutely one of the main ways I relax in my spare time. It always will be because it's so effective (and fun).

Re: Ask HN: Feels like my brain doesn't want to work anymore

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Post by ionised »

stuxnet79 wrote: post #9
thenomad wrote: post #6

Just in case the occasional anti-games mentality rears its ugly head around here: whilst there are lots of good suggestions coming up, games are certainly a pretty solid way to relax too. In the last couple of months I've been recovering from mild-to-moderate burnout symptoms myself, and a lot of how I've been doing that is playing The Witcher 3. It works. (It probably helps if the game you're playing is one of the m…

Yes, there's a lot of bias against gaming, which to me isn't right. However, I find that playing video games feels either too dry or too much like work these days. I spent a significant amount of money building a gaming PC just to get back into the gaming life but I never play the damn thing because the games I have are either too boring or too hard to play in short bursts. I've pretty much burned out on gaming ... l…

I find that multiplayer games can become like this, which is why I mostly play immersive or lengthy single player games.

Re: Ask HN: Feels like my brain doesn't want to work anymore

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Post by sharmi »

If travelling is not your cup of tea, doing a little creative art work ( or anything that can be done is a short time and have a tangible result to show for it) can do wonders.

One of the causes of burnout is putting in long hours to finish something that later amounts to nothing (because it never gets released or the end product is much below your expectations). All work and no satisfaction.

In such cases, small work that can be accomplished in a few hours can give back the oomph factor and infuse some energy into one's life. Glass painting worked marvels for me. Nowadays I find it fun to just take my time and colour a picture with crayons :) Yep I have kids.

A cross country hike or some carpentry maybe?

Re: Ask HN: Feels like my brain doesn't want to work anymore

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Post by brianwawok »

thenomad wrote: post #6

Just in case the occasional anti-games mentality rears its ugly head around here: whilst there are lots of good suggestions coming up, games are certainly a pretty solid way to relax too. In the last couple of months I've been recovering from mild-to-moderate burnout symptoms myself, and a lot of how I've been doing that is playing The Witcher 3. It works. (It probably helps if the game you're playing is one of the m…

Gaming is a great way to blow off some steam!

For me personally the trick is to console game. I must prefer PC games, I prefer mice, I prefer RTS.. but I spend WAY too long on my computer. I physically cannot do it to "relax". So its off to the living room and play the PS4.

Re: Ask HN: Feels like my brain doesn't want to work anymore

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Post by thenomad »

brianwawok wrote: post #17
thenomad wrote: post #6

Just in case the occasional anti-games mentality rears its ugly head around here: whilst there are lots of good suggestions coming up, games are certainly a pretty solid way to relax too. In the last couple of months I've been recovering from mild-to-moderate burnout symptoms myself, and a lot of how I've been doing that is playing The Witcher 3. It works. (It probably helps if the game you're playing is one of the m…

Gaming is a great way to blow off some steam! For me personally the trick is to console game. I must prefer PC games, I prefer mice, I prefer RTS.. but I spend WAY too long on my computer. I physically cannot do it to "relax". So its off to the living room and play the PS4.

I strongly recommend acquiring a Steam Link and Steam Controller, in that case. I have them, and they're incredibly useful to play PC games - yes, even RTSes and other mouse-heavy games - in a console way.

Re: Ask HN: Feels like my brain doesn't want to work anymore

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Post by Outdoorsman »

This can be a crazy profession that will willingly chew people up...

Realize that....when money's to be made some will drive you until you can no longer function....

There's a lot to life...part of it is fast-lane, part of it is slow-lane...different parts have their purpose...

What matters is which lane is right for you right now...choose wisely, and take care of yourself...

Re: Ask HN: Feels like my brain doesn't want to work anymore

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Post by askafriend »

thenomad wrote: post #6

Just in case the occasional anti-games mentality rears its ugly head around here: whilst there are lots of good suggestions coming up, games are certainly a pretty solid way to relax too. In the last couple of months I've been recovering from mild-to-moderate burnout symptoms myself, and a lot of how I've been doing that is playing The Witcher 3. It works. (It probably helps if the game you're playing is one of the m…

Just don't play League of Legends. It's a game to play only if you want to get extremely stressed out and angry at everything in life :)
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