Hi dear BHW members,
I wanted to share and, hopefully, learn from your experiences here today.
I have been successful in an online business for about a year. About a year ago, I decided to close my business, take a break, and look for something new. I've felt burnt out, and couldn't find the drive to do anything with it anymore. So I put everything on hold, moved on from it completely.
Now, one year later, I find myself with no motivation to do anything, really. And I keep having thoughts about why my past venture succeeded and why I cannot just jump into something new again.
These thoughts do not go away, and I came to the conclusion that the reason for success was the fact that it was a passion of mine, which aligned very well with my values, and I was simply curious and always wanted to get better; it did not feel like work (until the later stages of the business, the last 1-2 years).
Now, I find myself with no passion, or perhaps with a passion, but I am too afraid to pursue it, because I think to myself that it is the wrong path to go on. So I have no purpose, I have nothing pushing me to do things. Yes, I have ideas that might be good, and might work out, but I simply do not have the drive to go through with them because everything feels like work, I do not have the same curiosity, and I do not have the same passion for becoming better at the thing I am doing. I just need the money.
If you found yourself in such a situation, how did you get out of it? What did you do?
Do I have to just suck it up and do work? Or do I try to find something that creates that spark in my brain & delve deep into it? And if so, how do I find it?
I just feel lost, I often feel a bit lost, but this time I just do not really know what I want from life, besides having enough money to not have to work & be comfortable.
Thank you for taking your time to read.
I wanted to share and, hopefully, learn from your experiences here today.
I have been successful in an online business for about a year. About a year ago, I decided to close my business, take a break, and look for something new. I've felt burnt out, and couldn't find the drive to do anything with it anymore. So I put everything on hold, moved on from it completely.
Now, one year later, I find myself with no motivation to do anything, really. And I keep having thoughts about why my past venture succeeded and why I cannot just jump into something new again.
These thoughts do not go away, and I came to the conclusion that the reason for success was the fact that it was a passion of mine, which aligned very well with my values, and I was simply curious and always wanted to get better; it did not feel like work (until the later stages of the business, the last 1-2 years).
Now, I find myself with no passion, or perhaps with a passion, but I am too afraid to pursue it, because I think to myself that it is the wrong path to go on. So I have no purpose, I have nothing pushing me to do things. Yes, I have ideas that might be good, and might work out, but I simply do not have the drive to go through with them because everything feels like work, I do not have the same curiosity, and I do not have the same passion for becoming better at the thing I am doing. I just need the money.
If you found yourself in such a situation, how did you get out of it? What did you do?
Do I have to just suck it up and do work? Or do I try to find something that creates that spark in my brain & delve deep into it? And if so, how do I find it?
I just feel lost, I often feel a bit lost, but this time I just do not really know what I want from life, besides having enough money to not have to work & be comfortable.
Thank you for taking your time to read.
