I struggled with burnout as a software developer for 6 years
I started my career in IT in 2012. Like most people starting their career, I was keen on progressing as fast as possible.
So I pushed to prove myself.
Taking up more and more responsibilities as I improved and I was promoted.
After a few years, I was a tech lead for a team of 7 people. Also, due to my proactiveness, I started people leading – a nice way to say managing – 6 other people in the company.
And I loved how important I felt. Until it became too much.
Turns out making work my top priority was not healthy. Especially when you are constantly switching between tens of different things
I gained 10 kilograms in the process. I never felt rested after sleep. My physical fitness was awful.
Eventually it got so bad that the only way out I saw was to quit my job where I worked to build my reputation over 3 years.
I struggled with burnout as a software developer for 6 years
I started my career in IT in 2012. Like most people starting their career, I was keen on progressing as fast as possible.
So I pushed to prove myself.
Taking up more and more responsibilities as I improved and I was promoted.
After a few years, I was a tech lead for a team of 7 people. Also, due to my proactiveness, I started people leading – a nice way to say managing – 6 other people in the company.
And I loved how important I felt. Until it became too much.
Turns out making work my top priority was not healthy. Especially when you are constantly switching between tens of different things
I gained 10 kilograms in the process. I never felt rested after sleep. My physical fitness was awful.
Eventually it got so bad that the only way out I saw was to quit my job where I worked to build my reputation over 3 years.
Do you have a desire to progress your IT career and it is becoming too much to handle?
It is frustrating having to build the reputation, product knowledge, and relationships from scratch whenever you switch jobs.
I hate doing that. And ironically, I had to do that every time I burned out and decided to quit. 5 times.
Thankfully, my last burnout was so spectacular that I had to rethink my life up to that point.
I was creating a startup as well as an IT agency at that point. I was doing too much at once, now I know.
However, it all ended up with me having to leave the company I was co-creating and ruining a friendship with one of my best friends.
At that point I decided I never want to burn out again.
I got lucky despite not having a plan but you can get lucky because you have one
I had no idea how I was going to do that. I only had an intention.
So I ended up buying one-way tickets to Mexico for me and my wife to recover from my burnout.
Something about spending three long Lithuanian winter months did not sound compelling for my burned out self.
After all, it is easier to forget you are burned out when lying on a Caribbean beach.
Then one day I received an email from Mindvalley about a group for their Life Coaching program and I opened it.
Mind you, at that point I was subscribed to it for 3 years and I did not read a single email from them.
Some subconscious part of me told me to sign up for it right away. Luckily, I listened.
The single best decision that I made for my career and my life was opening up to coaching
It was not all roses and sunshine yet I was able to work on my beliefs, behaviors, and habits that were leading me to burnout.
The more I was coached, the more and more of it was I able to unravel.
How my habit of avoiding discomfort made me feel comfortable in the moment but spiked my stress once I eventually had to face the discomfort.
How picking up multiple challenging tasks at once overwhelmed me even if it felt great to complete so many things and get all the praise for it.
How always trying to do things that I though other people wanted made me feel resentful towards them when they did not appreciate my efforts.
It all made me happier, calmer, and more appreciative of my life.
It made me a better husband, brother, son, and employee.
For the first time in my career, I started enjoying work. And not for the financial benefits or the status of my role.
How would your life change if the work you did brought you joy?
Enjoy your life a lot more as it turned out for me.
And a lot of people I coached have the idea that you cannot enjoy your work.
Work is work, so you have to push through it.
Helping you enjoy your current work or take action to find one that you do is exactly what I help you do.
So if you are ready to see if we are a great fit, book a 30-minute consultation by pressing the button below and let's talk.