failingburnout

I honestly hated this when I read it the first time. I've gotten a lot of intuitive advice in the thread for which I'm very thankful. I'll try variations of most of it.

But this... I read it 5 to 6 times. I have no idea if it will work, but it can't hurt. My next scheduled workday is Saturday and I'll absolutely put this into practice.

Other suggestions to take time off, get outside, etc are great and I will do them (as the Boston deep freeze allows), but I will try this ASAP and see if it helps. Even if it produces a day or two of output, it will be extremely useful. I will respond with results after saturday.

I'll do that, thanks. I will also talk to my doctor about this in case it turns out it's a sign of something else going on.

Vacation would be difficult at this point. I have made promises to my wife and myself that I would make progress on certain things. I am supposed to be working right now. I don't feel I have the freedom to take a vacation. It wouldn't impact the bottom line, but I'd take a hit in other ways. I'd have to know it would break the block I'm having.

I do have other projects and aspects of the business that I can work on, but I think I would be working on them if I could work. Weird, I know. It's not something I'm choosing to do... smack talk myself on NH vs. working. It's just gotten that bad that I don't know what else to do.

Thanks! This is pretty accurate. I did something like this last year and found a new challenge in a related niche that I'd love to get off the ground. It's not even coding or anything... it should be fun. I face the same resistance to moving forward on that too, though. It's like my work brain shuts off.

Thanks! I'll definitely try variations on these, though it's not too different than what I do now for general motivation. Since this is a throwaway, I'll admit to thinking about trying something stronger than caffeine. Who knows, maybe I actually do have ADHD and just need to balance out something up there.