Ask HN: What's the best way to recover from burnout?

Post by jFriedensreich » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 4:46 PM UTC

techexecadvice wrote: post #80

jFriedensreich wrote: post #47

After my startup i felt empty and unable to bring up even the slightest amount of energy to deal with anything related to business, legal stuff, marketing or startup things. However i was still in love with software in general and knew I needed to recharge but wanted to stay in the industry in long term. This are the things i tried and how they worked out for me: The bad: - do "nothing" this could be healing for cert…

Thanks for the thoughtful reply! Really helpful. The NGO sounds interesting. I read about a company like that that used pouchdb...wonder if it's the same one.

Post by nso » Fri, Jan 05, 2018, 7:32 PM UTC

bob_theslob646 wrote: post #89

nso wrote: post #53

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I doubt it. I'm ironically busier than ever before, and also don't think I have that much interesting to say. I might start some kind of tech blog for our company once we grow a bit, tho.

Sounds like a nice excuse. You are telling me you do not have an hour a week or an hour once a month to reflect on your life? I am not saying you have to make your story public by blogging, but you already have some interest from others on the site who may have experienced or are experiencing similar things that you went through. Sounds like you are rather humble which is fine, but do not think what you have to say i…