[surprisetalk]

Dang, I've for sure been here. Burnout is real and it sucks. So sad to read your story -- sounds like you're deep in that pit right now.

I highly recommend reading Cal Newport's So Good They Can't Ignore You. It helped me climb out of burnout cycles by doing some longer-term career planning and slowing down to figure out my values.

And after I got some wind back in my sails, How to Win Friends and Influence People (great book with awful title) helped me develop the empathy necessary to solve real problems. In my case, I think I got stuck with a lot of shit jobs because I refused to listen to people, and nobody trusted me with real work because I couldn't demonstrate that I understood them (because I really didn't).

Anyway, feel free to email me at [e-mail] if you need to vent more. I can also mail you a copy of either book if you're strapped for cash

Take care

[keepworking]

Thank you for introducing "So Good They Can't Ignore You".