I’m in San Diego making $185k, and I’ve reached a level of burnout where looking at a terminal makes me physically nauseous. I want to take a sabbatical, but I’m terrified that if I step out of the ecosystem for six months, I won't be able to get back in. How do you take a real break without completely destroying your career momentum?

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Now is not the time to step out of the labor market. Today marks 6 months to the day that I've been without a job due tona RIF. I am well beyond refreshed, and shifting into a whe new level of life stress as we begin to show a home that we do not want to leave to prospective buyers while living out our last days here unsure of what the future holds.

I suggest that you distract yourself from the burnout buy spending some free time updating your resume, apply to jobs, and consider in hope what it might look like to work there. Something will come along eventually, and you won't be without income in the meantime.

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