Take the Break
This might be burnout wearing a career-change costume.
The job is taking more than the job is worth
There's a version of this that still goes somewhere
Leaving today would create a bigger problem than staying
Who you are
The job still has a future and you're not in a position to leave, and you are completely wrung out. That combination has a specific trap in it: when you're this depleted, every problem looks like it would be solved by quitting, and most of them wouldn't be.
Exhaustion is a terrible place to make a five-year decision from. It flattens everything — the good parts of the job disappear from view entirely, and the imagined next job glows. That's not analysis, that's your nervous system asking for a nap.
So don't decide anything yet. Recover first, deliberately: real time off, boundaries you actually hold, one thing outside work that has nothing to do with your resume. Then look again.
If the job still looks unbearable after you've genuinely rested, that's real data and you should act on it. But you don't have that data right now, and you can't get it while you're this tired.
You know it's you when…
- Every problem currently looks like it would be fixed by quitting
- You can't remember the last time you were actually rested
- The imagined next job glows and you can't picture the details
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