Tag: burnout
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Week 4: Progress Isn’t Linear — But It Is Real
A candid weekly look at navigating burnout, rebuilding, and finding my next role. This past week reminded me of something I already knew intellectually, but am still learning emotionally: Recovery doesn’t move in a straight line. Some days felt focused and productive. Others were heavy, quiet, or emotionally draining. And yet, when I step back…
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Week 3: Finding Stability in Small Steps: Two Weeks Into My Journey
The Journey Begins: Rebuilding, Recovering, and Moving Forward A candid weekly look at navigating burnout, rebuilding, and finding my next role. It’s been a little over two weeks since my role at FanDuel Sports Network came to an end. In that time, I’ve experienced a mixture of emotional highs, quiet challenges, moments of clarity, and…
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Week 2: Mapping the Road Ahead — My Burnout Recovery Plan
A candid weekly look at navigating burnout, rebuilding, and finding my next role. Last week, I wrote about the shock, relief, confusion, and emotional whiplash that came with losing my job right before Thanksgiving. It was a week of letting things sink in, finding a new rhythm, and beginning to process everything that had led…
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Week 1: Relief, Reality, and the First Steps Toward Stability
A candid weekly look at navigating burnout, rebuilding, and finding my next role. (Wednesday before Thanksgiving → Black Friday) This was my first full week of being unemployed — a sentence that still feels a little strange to write. The week started with shock, surged into relief, dipped into sadness, and eventually settled into a…
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The Journey Begins: Rebuilding, Recovering, and Moving Forward
This series will be a candid weekly look at navigating burnout, rebuilding, and finding my next role. Last week, after 3½ years with FanDuel Sports Network, I was let go from my role as a senior .NET software developer. It was unexpected, and like anyone going through a sudden transition, I’ve been feeling a mix…