| I’d take a few days off if you have any, and take a long weekend to ponder a few facts (some other comments have raised these): 1. Maybe I’m a bit burned out and need a break. 2. Or maybe I’ve got a health condition that I should check out. Talking this over with a doctor or therapist could help. 3. Everyone is stressed and fatigued now. It’s the only new normal. 4. Covid-19 will likely flare up again this winter. And a vaccine, if one is developed next year, will take most of the rest of 2021 to roll out. Or longer. 5. More companies will go out of business and more employees will be shed during that period. Some of both may be potential customers of your “project.” 6. Try to search for another job before you bail. Thinking about how you can sell yourself is a good exercise. 7. Interview for a few positions, carefully. 8. If you can’t find any good jobs, stay where you are. 9. Start working on your project now and see if it’s got real business potential or is just a pipe dream. 10. If you really have no project, and it’s a pipe dream, stay where you are. 11. Talk your situation over with a mentor or an older friend. If you have neither, stay where you are and find a mentor. 12. Face the reality that two years out of uni is nothing. In the sense of a career. 13. Face the reality that soon you will appreciate your job more when you see how many people don’t have what you have. Don’t feel guilty about not feeling that way now. 14. Your runway metrics are insufficient in the Covid-19 era. I’m not sure you’re paying enough attention to the economic consequences of the pandemic. 15. Be more discreet on public forums; you are over-sharing at least 3 key facts. 16. Be wary of taking advice from strangers, including me. 17. “Do it” Is not advice, it’s a remark. Good luck, take care, and remember your country voted years ago to leave the EU, and your PM who is supposed to lead your county through that maze was hours away from being put on a ventilator a week ago. It never hurts to take advice from Ferris Bueller, though.[1] [1]https://youtu.be/HbR7axof1wk |