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It sounds a lot like burnout, that happens when you've worked really hard to achieve something which, after achieving it, you come to rea...

It sounds a lot like burnout, that happens when you've worked really hard to achieve something which, after achieving it, you come to realize wasn't all that important to you personally. It can really take a toll on you mentally. It can also be something of an intra-life crisis. For some reason 34 hit me really hard. I think part of it was that suddenly I knew that there was some things that I had considered "something I'll do some day" were probably off that list, permanently. Like a friend of mine who realized he wasn't going to ever be one of the world's top jazz musicians. (for me it was being an astronaut) And the realization that this is "all" there is, you live, you experience life, and you die. There is no "win" there is only great times and not so great times. All of that came down pretty hard on me in my 30's. My coping mechanism is finding something new to learn, but that certainly doesn't work for everyone.

Posted by ChuckMcM on Jul 25, 2015, 3:42 AM

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It sounds a lot like burnout, that happens when you've worked really hard to achieve something which, after achieving it, you come to rea...

ChuckMcMJul 25, 2015, 3:42 AM

It sounds a lot like burnout, that happens when you've worked really hard to achieve something which, after achieving it, you come to realize wasn't all that important to you personally. It can really take a toll on you mentally. It can also be something of an intra-life crisis. For some reason 34 hit me really hard. I think part of it was that suddenly I knew that there was some things that I had considered "something I'll do some day" were probably off that list, permanently. Like a friend of mine who realized he wasn't going to ever be one of the world's top jazz musicians. (for me it was being an astronaut) And the realization that this is "all" there is, you live, you experience life, and you die. There is no "win" there is only great times and not so great times. All of that came down pretty hard on me in my 30's. My coping mechanism is finding something new to learn, but that certainly doesn't work for everyone.

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