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Yup! Burn-out Zone ! Take some time out, chill, assess what you want out of life. Some questions to consider :

"Demanding full time job": who is doing the demanding, your boss? you? co-workers? How can you deflect or reduce the demands?

"A company whose values don't match mine": why are you stil working there? Life's too short to be stuck in self-invalidation.

Like you, I couldn't get enough energy together after work to productively work on my side project. So I downsized and quit. The side project has turned into full-time PhD research and a consulting business. Haven't regretted taking the leap. For me, happiness is doing what I'm passionate and interested in. The big mortgage was just a trap to keep me working for The Man.




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