Entrepreneurial Burnout

jryan54

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Howdy Folks,

Has anyone here ever been through a period of entrepreneurial burnout where you just generally feel really lazy?

I've recently hit a patch where financially I have been doing quite well with existing projects but just cant bring myself to push for growth or to execute new ideas/projects. I have even had folks approach me with great ideas looking to partner that I have turned down. It's as if I have hit the comfort zone and simply cant be bothered any-more. Which is seriously weird, because I used to be the hungry/lean type...not for $$$....but fur the win/success feeling.

I've wondered if it was exercise related as I haven't done much for a while now and am only just starting to get back in to lifting and running regularly. Either way my drive has slowly diminished over the last 6 months.

Anyone else that has been through this before want to dispense some advice?

oh and inb4 OP is a fag tags lol

Cheers
 


That "comfort" zone is nice, but it's also the thing that's going to put you out on the street.

There's fear and greed, take your pick, but you have to embrace one of them and run with it. Building something to then just sit on your butt is kid stuff. What do you have to do to reach the next milestone?
 
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Yes it's what I suffer from occasionally. At one point I was writing 6 researched articles everyday and proof reading and editing them as well, then uploading them all to my site with appropriate images and captions for engaging the audience and then also doing meta tags properly, it was a grind, still is though. Still working on the same site after a period of being generally burnt out and lethargic, doing less everyday now though. I was just pushing myself way too hard without rewarding myself at all, everyday felt the same and it all just kind of began to blur together.

The trick is to learn from the burn out period. I generally felt like shit on days I didn't do anything, so I'm back at it again and learned that days fly by when you're deliberately avoiding what you should be doing. You'll realize that a week just slipped by without you accomplishing anything of significance and you'll be like 'wow, I really have to start working at something again, I have to do something.' Because when you get into that feeling that your days are fading away and you're not accomplishing anything it leads quickly into a state of depression, and then you begin to feel worthless and have even less motivation.

Just work at something everyday for a couple of hours, create something, be creative, do something worth your time, that way you can look at it in a month and understand what all the effort and time was for, it's a nice way of measuring the significance of your existence, by realizing what you have the potential to create with a little focus and determination.

“Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, and emerges ahead of his accomplishments.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
 
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You might just need a break. Take a 2-week vacation, and come back to work. If you can't find the energy to start up again after that, you're just not doing what you want to do.
 
jryan54 said:
Howdy Folks,

Has anyone here ever been through a period of entrepreneurial burnout where you just generally feel really lazy?

I've recently hit a patch where financially I have been doing quite well with existing projects but just cant bring myself to push for growth or to execute new ideas/projects. I have even had folks approach me with great ideas looking to partner that I have turned down. It's as if I have hit the comfort zone and simply cant be bothered any-more. Which is seriously weird, because I used to be the hungry/lean type...not for $$$....but fur the win/success feeling.

I've wondered if it was exercise related as I haven't done much for a while now and am only just starting to get back in to lifting and running regularly. Either way my drive has slowly diminished over the last 6 months.

Anyone else that has been through this before want to dispense some advice?

oh and inb4 OP is a fag tags lol

Cheers
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An average american accumulates a couple millions in his life, so it's really no big deal to be a "millionaire" nowadays (plus I'm not sure if you even reached this status).
To kill your comfort, keep in mind that you would need 10s of millions to secure a comfortable life until the end of your days. If you only have a couple millions then you are still poor, and there is a big risk that you will mismanage or spend the money and be broke very soon.
 
I got complacent for a couple years and it bit me in the ass. The internet super highway moves by at BLAZING speeds, what feels secure now is built on what is essentially an infantile industry.

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mailing said:
An average american accumulates a couple millions in his life, so it's really no big deal to be a "millionaire" nowadays (plus I'm not sure if you even reached this status).
To kill your comfort, keep in mind that you would need 10s of millions to secure a comfortable life until the end of your days. If you only have a couple millions then you are still poor, and there is a big risk that you will mismanage or spend the money and be broke very soon.
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No they don't. They might get paid that in salary, but they certainly don't accumulate it.

They spend it on cars, vacations, expensive homes, iPhones, iPads, new computers, game consoles, expensive restaurants, clothes, diet pills and interest payments.
 
I totally get the OP's feeling. Sometimes after working really hard you end up getting burnt out in innovation and in working. You get so focused on the day-to-day / nuts & bolts that you start to tire of expanding and building out.

Vacation definitely helps - not just from your work, but from everything. Go take some time to do something just for yourself - turn off your cell phone, make yourself completely unreachable - maybe go out to a park or take a hike in a forested area (where your phone wouldn't work) so you're left with nothing but the ability to relax without being bothered by work stuff.
 
OP I have great idea for new project, please PM within the next (3) minutes or consider yourself a burnout forever.
 
Throw a wrench in your routine. Spend a week working in a different environment, preferably somewhere you enjoy being. I've noticed that the environment I work in has a significant effect on how much motivation I have for the day. Even if it's temporary, the change in atmosphere might kickstart you.
 
robbie222 said:
take your vitamins: Adderall, Vyvanse, Ritalin, Concerta etc.
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Don't take the stimulants above unless you're doing really mindless work and need to focus. If you're doing something that really needs cognitive ability, then I think taking some Omega 3 supplements is a far better choice.
 
mailing said:
An average american accumulates a couple millions in his life, so it's really no big deal to be a "millionaire" nowadays (plus I'm not sure if you even reached this status).
To kill your comfort, keep in mind that you would need 10s of millions to secure a comfortable life until the end of your days. If you only have a couple millions then you are still poor, and there is a big risk that you will mismanage or spend the money and be broke very soon.
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STFU, you ignorant little cocksucker. Every time you post you get stupider.

@Mituozo- FTFY.
 
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