My mind is all over the place

The fallout of a work ‘hiatus’.

Seriously, I wrote those lines and then immediately flipped to random articles that have NOTHING to do with writing.

Coming off of a 5 year head down/ass up life which was dictated by external and internal motivations, this respite is unnerving. I can say I deserve the introspective time, or I can berate myself for my downfalls that led me to this particular life event.

You see, my ‘hiatus’ is due to a combination of two factors:

1. My startup hit the lovely paradox of money running out while a massive security function was discovered to not have been properly installed.
2. A burnout that was an excruciatingly dull blade that slowly was penetrating my psyche with the force of a plastic butter knife. It was something to be ignored until it wasn’t.

I’ve written about burnout and startup frustrations but what about when you are remedying them?

Or trying to do so.

There is no manual on this. That’s the conundrum with the psyche — no one can truly give you the script on navigating health on the other side of burnout.

Or when the other side of burnout has actually has finally been achieved.