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Starting this week and through next week I am off work. Two weeks of freedom. For the longest time, it feels great to not be in a rush. It feels great to get away and have time to myself. I am so burned out at my job that I feel like I've lost all control. My job is taking the joy out of my life. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't wish for a better life. Is this really what my life has become? Stressed out, burned out, unhappy? Just to pay the bills? I keep telling myself, "There has to be something better!"
I've been beaten down into inaction for so long. The burn out has crushed my creativity. I feel like I have no brain power left in me. It's so hard to just get up and get started on something because I feel like time is limited and I end up going right back to work. My normal work cycles cause me to wake up in the morning, go to work for 12 hours, get home, make dinner, spend time with the family, put my son to bed, get ready for the next day, and go to bed to go back to work. It's basically work-sleep-work-sleep.
With my free time and just wanting to turn my brain off, I end up doing unproductive things. I have the day to myself today and I'm sitting here playing Microsoft Flight Simulator. It's an amazing game and highly recommended for any aspiring pilot, but the problem is that I'm not really doing anything to get myself out of my situation. I get paid well for what I do but I'm tolerating each day just because I feel like there is no hope. I don't have a business generating an income. I feel like I have no skills to go out and find another job. I have a mortgage and a family to think about. There has to be something better out there! Why does it feel so hard to get up and do something to regain that feeling of personal satisfaction and progress?
"Well, you might have to go back to school." I shouldn't have to go back to school! I hate when people tell me that. I feel like nobody in my personal life understands what I'm going through because they are all of the slowlane mindset while I am trying to get into the fastlane mindset and have a business for myself - except I'm not doing anything to further that goal. Yes, a lot of people don't like their jobs but I just feel like I'm in a whole different world that most of society doesn't know exists.
So, what are your goals? Honestly, I have no freakin' clue. I want to get out of this job that I fricken' hate so I can clear my mind and take control of myself. It's bleeding into my personal life and affects me at home. My doctor even recommended that I go out and try to find another job. It seems so easy. Do I try to get a new job that I don't think I'll ever be able to find while taking a pay cut or do I tolerate being unhappy, burned out, barely able to find any energy, and hope that someday I get my shit together?
I really should know better. I've been to the Summit. I've talked to many of you. Many of you helped me. I've read AND listened to the books. I've been a member of the forum for many years. And yet I don't have anything to show for it. I feel like I don't have that idea that gets me up and going. E-Commerce? Web Design? Real Estate? etc. I feel like it's just chasing a golden goose. I see someone else doing well so I want to ride the wave, except, as soon as the waves break, I'm jumping off the surfboard and telling myself that it doesn't work for me.
One thing I've been thinking about is how much my son is trying to learn to walk. He stands up, takes a step, falls down on his butt. He gets up, takes a step, falls forward. He's hit the floor, face planted, rolled over so many times, but yet, he keeps getting up to try to walk on his own. He's making a lot of progress, but he doesn't give up. Here I am barely even able to stand up because I'm tired, worn out, burned out, stressed out, beaten down, and overwhelmed. Is this what my life is going to look like for another 17 years? There has to be something better!
I've been beaten down into inaction for so long. The burn out has crushed my creativity. I feel like I have no brain power left in me. It's so hard to just get up and get started on something because I feel like time is limited and I end up going right back to work. My normal work cycles cause me to wake up in the morning, go to work for 12 hours, get home, make dinner, spend time with the family, put my son to bed, get ready for the next day, and go to bed to go back to work. It's basically work-sleep-work-sleep.
With my free time and just wanting to turn my brain off, I end up doing unproductive things. I have the day to myself today and I'm sitting here playing Microsoft Flight Simulator. It's an amazing game and highly recommended for any aspiring pilot, but the problem is that I'm not really doing anything to get myself out of my situation. I get paid well for what I do but I'm tolerating each day just because I feel like there is no hope. I don't have a business generating an income. I feel like I have no skills to go out and find another job. I have a mortgage and a family to think about. There has to be something better out there! Why does it feel so hard to get up and do something to regain that feeling of personal satisfaction and progress?
"Well, you might have to go back to school." I shouldn't have to go back to school! I hate when people tell me that. I feel like nobody in my personal life understands what I'm going through because they are all of the slowlane mindset while I am trying to get into the fastlane mindset and have a business for myself - except I'm not doing anything to further that goal. Yes, a lot of people don't like their jobs but I just feel like I'm in a whole different world that most of society doesn't know exists.
So, what are your goals? Honestly, I have no freakin' clue. I want to get out of this job that I fricken' hate so I can clear my mind and take control of myself. It's bleeding into my personal life and affects me at home. My doctor even recommended that I go out and try to find another job. It seems so easy. Do I try to get a new job that I don't think I'll ever be able to find while taking a pay cut or do I tolerate being unhappy, burned out, barely able to find any energy, and hope that someday I get my shit together?
I really should know better. I've been to the Summit. I've talked to many of you. Many of you helped me. I've read AND listened to the books. I've been a member of the forum for many years. And yet I don't have anything to show for it. I feel like I don't have that idea that gets me up and going. E-Commerce? Web Design? Real Estate? etc. I feel like it's just chasing a golden goose. I see someone else doing well so I want to ride the wave, except, as soon as the waves break, I'm jumping off the surfboard and telling myself that it doesn't work for me.
One thing I've been thinking about is how much my son is trying to learn to walk. He stands up, takes a step, falls down on his butt. He gets up, takes a step, falls forward. He's hit the floor, face planted, rolled over so many times, but yet, he keeps getting up to try to walk on his own. He's making a lot of progress, but he doesn't give up. Here I am barely even able to stand up because I'm tired, worn out, burned out, stressed out, beaten down, and overwhelmed. Is this what my life is going to look like for another 17 years? There has to be something better!
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