Burn out...
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- jevad
I'm having one.
Am I disillusioned? Disconnected? Or am I just tired of working with the same client, and tired of them dicking around every project...
Am I tired of shitty production work getting in the way of the real work I should be doing?
Or was it the 3rd coffee I had this morning.
- k0na_an0k0
you and me both.
i'm seconds away from having a nervous breakdown. i've been taken from the frying pan and thrown into the flame concerning a certain project. a six week (at least) project i'm managing and completing in 2 weeks. worst of all i have no clue what the fuck this web app is supposed to do.
i'm going out for an extended lunch to clear my mind.
you should do the same.
- Mal0
It shall pass.
- jevad0
meh
I did that yesterday - just walked around down by the river to try and clear my head. I was feeling super positive when I got in - but just being here for an hour or two has sucked that right out of me.
Weird.
- jevad0
It shall pass.
Mal
(Oct 10 06, 10:07)True Mal - thanks for the perspective.
- k0na_an0k0
mal is talking about his kidney stone
- gramme0
sorry to hear that.
Find something away from work that you can pour your creativity into. If you can take a vacation, do.
Don't talk about work at home beyond the usual 'so how was your day?' reporting.
- digitalswarm0
I have found that the best cure for burning out is to actually become a burn out.
- jevad0
hahahah
- kelpie0
haha K0na.
shit Jevad, have you been working far too much for one client? couple of months ago I was stuck on the one ever changing, ever infuriatng project which should have taken about 1 week but ended up taking 6 and draining the company coffers badly. I nearly went postal just from getting this same guys rediculous requests, changes and criticism in my inbox every morning. I did nothing but the one thing for weeks.
sure fire rodemap to burn out.
At the risk of sounding crass, soon as you get this guy battered and pick up something else, the relief will be palpable...
- kelpie0
anybody tell me wtf a 'rodemap' is? lol
- jevad0
Same three clients.
I haven't done any new design or interactive work for fucking months.
- kelpie0
sucks badly eh? I reckon every time I have felt this way I can trace it back to that kind of stagnation.
It will pass.
- Seff0
- jevad0
LOL
- Rand0
at least no one's chimed in about how lucky we are compared to 99.99% of the world...
- kelpie0
hahahahahahaha
but we are. really. thnk about it.
- Rand0
*coughs out piece of lung
- CALLES0
you dont know the history of psychology. I DO!
- -sputnik-0
i'm right there with ya, jev.
RIGHT there.
- igottapee0
Im sick of marketing people coming in and saying...."thats really great, but now can you make it fly arond the page"
or
"thats great...but could you add a lens flare?"