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I'm really sorry to hear this. No one deserves to have burnt out at 22. I hope you are able to exercise your body and relax your mind and get back to good healt

by _debug_ 17y ago

I'm really sorry to hear this. No one deserves to have burnt out at 22. I hope you are able to exercise your body and relax your mind and get back to good health. Please try jogging / other exercise. They say it works really well in terms of building up an energy reserve. I need to do it, too!

marvin 17y ago
I got burned out at 18. Took me three years to recover. I think it's a good experience to have early..it makes you realize what is _really_ important to you.
- doron 17y ago
  I had somewhat the same experience, I punched through the .COM boom,and i was well paid, but i didn't have much of a life, basically working my ass off for almost a decade. At some point I decided I could not do this anymore, and quit my job, following that I have spent then about a year playing music and basically doing nothing. it took me a year to recharge my batteries, and it wasn't easy, I had to struggle with depression. But all in all, I learned allot, I pace myself much better now, and spend much more time on things I value, mainly my friends and loved ones. sometimes you need a break to gain perspective, and rediscover the things you love to do.
- alanthonyc 17y ago
  Wow, this is like a club. I got burned out at 26 after three years straight with no time off and traveling all over for work (I was platinum with Delta at the time). I took a year off and started doing all the things I had alway wished I had the time for. When I came back to work the next year, I was much less intense and was able to manage a better balance between work and everything else. However, I was also much less interested in "computers" than I had been all my life. For a few years, I left work at the office and found other hobbies to take up my spare time. That interest has since come back in a very strong way, but I think the mental break I took over that time has helped me out by making me a more well-rounded person. I'm planning to take another sabbatical towards the end of the year. This time, it's being planned and will not be an emergency.

by _debug_ 17y ago

marvin 17y ago

I got burned out at 18. Took me three years to recover. I think it's a good experience to have early..it makes you realize what is _really_ important to you.

doron 17y ago
I had somewhat the same experience, I punched through the .COM boom,and i was well paid, but i didn't have much of a life, basically working my ass off for almost a decade. At some point I decided I could not do this anymore, and quit my job, following that I have spent then about a year playing music and basically doing nothing. it took me a year to recharge my batteries, and it wasn't easy, I had to struggle with depression. But all in all, I learned allot, I pace myself much better now, and spend much more time on things I value, mainly my friends and loved ones. sometimes you need a break to gain perspective, and rediscover the things you love to do.
alanthonyc 17y ago
Wow, this is like a club. I got burned out at 26 after three years straight with no time off and traveling all over for work (I was platinum with Delta at the time). I took a year off and started doing all the things I had alway wished I had the time for. When I came back to work the next year, I was much less intense and was able to manage a better balance between work and everything else. However, I was also much less interested in "computers" than I had been all my life. For a few years, I left work at the office and found other hobbies to take up my spare time. That interest has since come back in a very strong way, but I think the mental break I took over that time has helped me out by making me a more well-rounded person. I'm planning to take another sabbatical towards the end of the year. This time, it's being planned and will not be an emergency.