I am burned out while still in learning phase
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Re: I am burned out while still in learning phase
#2If you can afford the luxury, it sounds like it's time to visit a therapist. Good luck to you sir.
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#3Reduce work, try sports and something like Yoga to bring your body and mind back on track. Don't forget to socialize with your friends on a regular basis :)
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#4> I have a mentor who says this is normal and he has also burned out many times.
Many times certainly not. Don't forget that you could just accept an easy job for a while.
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#5Well, you took a swing at it and you missed. You can give yourself credit for that at least.
Everything else is managing your expectations. There's something about being 22 that's tough -- lots of people are advancing in their careers, and you're just starting out.
So don't drink the Kool-Aid. Forget about the valley. Don't be greedy. Once you learn to enjoy your life again and have confidence that you can be a positive contributing member of society, reconsider the mantle. Emotional stability is like muscle power -- you must build it over time with care. And you need an abnormal amount of emotional stability to handle SV startups.
Good luck.
EDIT for a missing 'to' :)
Re: I am burned out while still in learning phase
#6Exercise. Running. Meditation. Fuck what other people think. We've all got problems, mate. Suck it up.
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#7I'm sorry that I cannot read your letter more thoroughly right now, but I'll give you one little piece of advice after reading the first couple of paragraphs. A word of warning, basically:
Remember what inspired you down your path, and where that path took you. You got your inspiration in the same place you are asking for advice now. So, please take all the advice you will get here with a grain of salt.
Nobody practices what they preach.
If you know who your friends are, and who loves you - those are the people you should listen to.
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#8Like you, I also have "world changing" ideas to make people's lives easier and healthier
I hear that a lot in the startup scene where I live. It's bullshit.
First and foremost, an idea is never world-changing. It's the execution of the idea that changes things. Until it has been executed successfully and actually changed the world, all it is is an idea. The impact can only be assessed later.
Secondly, most people don't have ideas that will make "other people's" lives better for some nebulous concept of "other people". Ideas that work are born from problems you see every day - usually pains that you suffer yourself, but equally pains that you see your loved ones or co-workers struggling with over and over again. Unless you have direct, first-hand experience of something it's very difficult to see a way to solve it because you don't know what will make it better.
It sounds very much like you're putting yourself under a huge amount of pressure. Find a way to stop doing that. Find something that you think will be interesting, fun, and will also contribute to the social good and make the world a better place for a few people. If you're working on something that has real potential, other people will soon start to put the pressure on for you.
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#10I pasted on Pastebin because of 2000 characters limit. Thanks a lot to everyone who took time to hear me and thought of helping me out with kind words and motivation.