Have you ever lost your passion for your job/career?

[calveless wonder]

It sucks...I keep fighting it...but i think deep down i'm at that point. i never intended this to my career for life, just enough to make alot of money and invest it in other businesses.

maybe it's because i'm not doing as well as i used to, or i'm not as busy. hard to say. I dont have the amount of responsibility im used to...which may be a reason.

it's a little scary..especially since i know my business in and out and i enjoy many aspects of it, but i feel like it's all i know (even though its really not).

for anyone who's got burned out, what did you do?

i really wish the stuff i enjoy deep down was profitable...or wasn't insanely difficult to succeed/get your foot in the door.

 

[all the whey]

 

[alien amp pharm]

Whenever I get that feeling I go do some hard labor on the weekend, like helping my cousin build a house in the 97 degree heat all day long only to come home sore and exhausted.

Then I appreciate my real job all over again.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

It sucks...I keep fighting it...but i think deep down i'm at that point. i never intended this to my career for life, just enough to make alot of money and invest it in other businesses.

maybe it's because i'm not doing as well as i used to, or i'm not as busy. hard to say. I dont have the amount of responsibility im used to...which may be a reason.

it's a little scary..especially since i know my business in and out and i enjoy many aspects of it, but i feel like it's all i know (even though its really not).

for anyone who's got burned out, what did you do?

i really wish the stuff i enjoy deep down was profitable...or wasn't insanely difficult to succeed/get your foot in the door.

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[calveless wonder]

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i'm just saying.

the fields i would enjoy, are either very difficult to break into or would require alot of cost and not so much benefit.

-sports related stuff (very passionate, but very hard to break into)
-psychology (can not the lifestyle i would , and would have to go back to school)
-fitness (had my stint as a personal trainer. shitty job really, just sales for fitness. people don't take it seriously enough, etc).

there's a few more, but they're random...and if i have enough capital one day i'll start a business related to those fields

btw i never graduated college

 

[all the whey]

Whenever I get that feeling I go do some hard labor on the weekend, like helping my cousin build a house in the 97 degree heat all day long only to come home sore and exhausted.

Then I appreciate my real job all over again.

I am sure you have to put a lot of late night hours in your real job.

 

[abolish the weak]

I love my job, becoming a firefighter is the best thing I ever did. Sure, we dont get paid alot, but my schedule is 1 day on/2 days off, then usually once a month I get a stretch of 5 days off in a row. I work like 100 days out of the year. With all the time off it's allowed me to start my own business on the side w/out worrying about starving or how i'll pay my bills if it does not take off fast enough. My benefits rock, retirement and pention is good, and it's a job I know I'll always have no matter what happens in the economy. I dont see how you could get burned out doing it, I play video games there, lift weights, eat, eat, and eat. It's the perfect job for a bodybuilder. Sure, there are some parts of the job that suck, but what I luv the most about it, you'll just be sitting there chilling and all of a sudden the tone goes off for a structure fire. My adrenaline gets going everytime!!!

 

[jnevin]

I've honestly been waiting for this from you.

 

[cindylou]

I've been thinking about changing careers too. Alot. But like you said, everything I enjoy there is no money in it or its difficult or as in my situation, there is no place for it in the midwest.

 

[jh1]

Oh Yeah.


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I was insanely pasionate about what I did, seems like the industry swept me up and I was in a whirlwind for years on end..... I was the darling guru from 18-24 y/o....

I was so fuggin burnt out it wasn't funny. I had built up everything I needed for 4 years after that I rested on my laurels and rode the wave.... I partied night and day... you know that part of the story. I burnt out on that eventually too, obviously. As is my personality I put to much into it too fast and crashed/burned.

My mind is back in the work end of things to a degree but not like when I was younger. Now all I do is look for 'MY' angle to allow the work I do to finance something much larger... either that or help take a company to an IPO and clean up.

We'll see.