So I've been working for myself now since 2018. I've put in day and night, non stop.
But I'm really burning out now. I just can't get it to take off, I barely make enough money to survive.
The effort is just not worth it anymore.
The dream I had is also slowly fading away. And I don't know what to do now.
Anyone been in the same situation? How did you deal with it?
Stop it all and find a simple job and try to work your way up the corporate ladder? I dont feel like I have the energy anymore to do that. And also not the qualification I think.
Thanks for your input guys.
Burning out and don't know how to continue
byu/Pewis_Pamilton inEntrepreneur
Posted by Pewis_Pamilton
2 Comments
Sometimes it’s just time to move on. Life is just a huge cycle.
But I would definitely try to go deeper into why this happens. Just reading that you’re putting in day and night, nonstop, looks like a huge prioritization problem. There is also evidence of low energy, which might be a cause of a cocktail of habits that do not serve you right now.
Would love to help further!
man, i’ve been there. the grind feels endless, the returns don’t match the sacrifice, and you start questioning if you’ve wasted years chasing smoke. truth is, burnout doesn’t always mean you chose the wrong path sometimes it just means you’ve been carrying the load the wrong way.
what helped me
i stopped thinking “all or nothing.” i let myself breathe. i picked up part-time work just to take pressure off, which gave me mental space to actually think again. suddenly, my business didn’t feel like life or death anymore and that weirdly gave me energy back.
don’t frame it as “giving up vs. grinding forever.” you can pause, you can scale down, you can pivot. survival pride. nobody talks about it, but even the “overnight successes” usually had a safety net while they built.
if the dream’s fading, it might be that the version you imagined isn’t the one you actually want. let it evolve. worst case, you reset but you reset with skills, lessons, scars that will make the next move way lighter.
whatever you do, don’t beat yourself up for being tired. being human doesn’t make you a failure.