提问 HN： 倦怠后休息了一段时间——现在该怎么办？
3 分•作者: BugsBunny1991•7 个月前
几个月前，我辞去了软件工程师的工作，此前我做了大约 10 年。 某种程度上的职业倦怠迫使我做出了这个决定——我没有好好规划，只是撞了南墙，然后离开了。 我已经恢复了一些，现在正试图弄清楚下一步该怎么做。
我 30 多岁，单身，在应税账户和退休账户中总共存了大约 300 万美元。 主要是指数基金，一些现金，还有一部分是限制性股票。 我住在生活成本高的地区，每年花费大约 5 万美元，而且没有自己的房子。 所以，我目前的情况是不必马上工作，但这并没有让事情变得更清晰。
朋友们提到了 FIRE（财务独立，提前退休），但我不确定提前退休是否会让我感到充实。 说实话，有了更多的选择，反而让我感到更加无所适从，而不是更轻松。
倦怠感实际上并不是因为长时间工作。 更多的是因为感觉自己效率低下，而且没有明确的方向。 我的角色定位模糊，领导风格前后不一，我开始觉得自己落后了，而其他人却在不断进步。 随着时间的推移，这让我身心俱疲，并逐渐削弱了我的自信心。
现在我正在考虑几条路：
* 重返旧工作——我离职时关系良好，很可能可以回去。 我一直在想，这到底是我的问题，还是公司的问题，回去可能会帮助我弄清楚这一点。
* 延长休假——再旅行或专注于非职业兴趣几个月，然后重新评估。
* 现在开始找工作——不太有动力，但考虑到目前就业市场的情况，可能需要一段时间。
* 职业转变——没有明确的方向或热情，只是对做一些不同的事情有模糊的好奇心。
如果你也像我一样，经历过休息、职业转型或职业倦怠——你又是如何找到下一步的呢？ 我特别想知道人们是如何弄清楚问题是出在工作上……还是出在自己身上。
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I left my job a few months ago after ~10 years as a software engineer. Burnout kind of forced the decision — I didn’t plan it well, just hit a wall and stepped away. I’ve recovered a bit and now I’m trying to figure out what to do next.<p>I’m in my 30s, single, and have saved about $3M across taxable and retirement accounts. Mostly index funds, some cash, and a chunk in RSUs. I spend around $50K/year living in a HCOL area, and don’t own a home. So I’m in a position where I don’t have to work right away, but that hasn’t really made things clearer.<p>Friends have brought up FIRE, but I’m not sure early retirement would feel fulfilling. Honestly, having more options has made things feel more paralyzing, not less.<p>The burnout wasn’t really about long hours. It came more from feeling ineffective and having no clear direction. My role felt fuzzy, leadership was inconsistent, and I started feeling like I was falling behind while other people kept progressing. That wore me down over time and chipped away at my confidence.<p>Now I’m considering a few paths:<p>Return to my old job — I left on good terms and could probably go back. I’ve been wondering if this was more of a me problem than a company problem, and going back might help clarify that.
Extend the sabbatical — travel or focus on non-career interests for a few more months, then reassess.
Start job searching now — not super motivated, but with the current job market, it might take a while anyway.
Career change — no clear direction or passion, just vague curiosity about doing something different.<p>If you’ve taken a break, pivoted careers, or dealt with burnout like this — how did you figure out your next step? Especially curious how people figured out whether the problem was the job… or themselves.