Burnt Out

veneficus

veneficus

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Post ASW I've been working like crazy, putting in 12 hours days. I enjoy what i do no doubt, but I'm just getting fried from this schedule.

I do go out every friday/saturday no matter what, and hit up the gym 3 days a week. But i think waking up at 2 p.m. and working till 2a.m is killing me.

Any suggestions? Only one i can think of is wake up earlier, so I can do something more of a 11-7 schedule and go outside everyday.

Maybe I'll reread 4 hour work week, and just work harder 6 hours a day??

idk :sigh:
 


Why work so hard bro? Sit back! Relax. Jack off more. Go to clubs and smack some fat hos like the fist of thor. Sign up for gym membership. Go for a run. Work in a sustained pace - I know, because I was burnt out from playing poker 12 hours a day at the casino.
 
Only 12 hours and you are burnt out? You are doing it wrong... That is getting burnt out. You are just thinking you are.. Start working 16-17 Hours and you will be fine. And Go out only Saturdays. Work on SUndays. Dating offers?
 
amanda11 said:
Why work so hard bro? Sit back! Relax. Jack off more. Go to clubs and smack some fat hos like the fist of thor. Sign up for gym membership. Go for a run. Work in a sustained pace - I know, because I was burnt out from playing poker 12 hours a day at the casino.
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This! We all want to make money and be "ballers" but at what cost? Don't waste your life behind a screen trying to make as much as possible. As far as I know, nobody's ever taken anything with them to the grave.

Time is your most valuable commodity. Don't waste it.
 
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"Work smarter, not longer."

Clichéd quotes aside, why are you working such long hours? Because your campaigns aren't working? Focus on one thing - scale it to make $X,XXX a day, work a smart 4 hours a day and spend the remaining 20 hours on coke and hookers.

How is this time spent? - Surely you could outsource or automate some, if not all of it.
If you're a tightass and/or jewish outsource to the Philippines, the expense will be practically nothing on the scheme of things. Alternatively hire a programmer and automate that shit.

It almost seems to be a pissing contest here about how longer hours one can work.
I'd be seriously surprised if you really work all out for 12 hours a day - surely some of this time is spent slacking?

Smoke a J and reassess. If all else fails remember life's short, take a fucking holiday.

My $0.02.
 
I wish i could work 12 hours. I just sleep, go out, drink.... haven't turn on my work PC for 3 days and when i do, I only work for 10-15 mins and than start playing games. Sad.
 
Been there man, on both the burn out and the crazy hours.

Even though you're busting your balls, you kind of feel like a piece of shit when everyone's coming home from a long day at work and you're just waking up. After about 6 months of that, my wife signed me up for a 6am bootcamp. That got me back on track with the rest of the world and felt like a million bucks. Anytime I start getting into bad habits now, I sign back up for those morning workouts.

As for the burn out, take a vacation. Like a 3 month vacation if you can. It'll be the best thing you do. It'll clear your mind and you won't help but come up with some kick ass strategies that'll get you excited again. Probably even whole new business plans.

I used to work 16-18 hours every day, eating, sleeping and shitting with my laptop. Now I work far less but am hell of a lot more effective. Taking a break from it all reminded me that I'm doing this not only for the money, but for the lifestyle. Allow yourself to take advantage of the lifestyle you can have with this business, otherwise you're just a slave to it all. Putting necessary limitations in place will force you to be more creative and organized, which is going to make you more money in the end.
 
I'm sorry but I have no sympathy for you. We all bust our balls here and you have a choice to make.

Stop working so much or stop bitching so much. It's the same choice all of us have had to make at some point.
 
NickRac said:
I'm sorry but I have no sympathy for you. We all bust our balls here and you have a choice to make.

Stop working so much or stop bitching so much. It's the same choice all of us have had to make at some point.
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QFT..
 
So are you really sleeping 12 hours st8? 2 things jump out at me with this post. Maybe try starting your day a little earlier. How long have you been getting up at 2 pm? If its been years and years it might be difficult to make a major adjustment to your sleep. But you could start with setting your alarm an hour earlier and going to bed an hour earlier, and let things stabilize like that for a while and then rinse and repeat until your keeping better hours.

Any time I have gotton to that burn out stage I have found a couple things that seem to help. Make sure your eating decent food get some fruits and vegies in you and try to eat better. The other thing that will help depending on your level of fitness try doing some exercise. If exercise is forign to you even 15 minutes a day will go a long way.
 
It's really quite simple. Just fuck around and act like a complete sloth until you can't stand it anymore and are dying to get back to work. Burn out gone.

The irony is that the opposite is what most people out there are dying to do, but we're not most people.
 
ASW was like 1 month ago? You're burnt out after 1 month of hard work? Yikes.
 
Just switch up your schedule. that's what helps me. I work 8am-7pm most days, but when I start getting tired of the grind, I'll switch it up. I'll stay up later and get up later. sounds weird, but just a change in routine makes a big difference.

oh and 4-5 breaks during the day for Black Ops is key as well.
 
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