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Sucking the life out of myself

  • 20-10-2015 10:37pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi,
    Not as disastrous an issue as some on here but I feel the need to air it nonetheless. Basically I feel like over the last year or so I have sucked the life out of myself by working extremely hard.

    I set up a business a few years ago and about two years ago I began making decent money. It grew and grew and now I am making alot of money and expanding into the UK etc. I have built a strong business but I have began to feel very "numb" about the money and even client acquisition.

    I have always been a pretty high achiever as I can relentlessly and obsessively work on tasks whether they be athletic, academic or commercial but I am beginning to feel at a loss as to where I am going. I just feel directionless and am unable to see where I am headed.

    Again, I feel very self indulgent posting among people with genuine problems but I would appreciate if someone could humour me.


Comments

  • #2
    mahamageehad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,673 ✭✭✭mahamageehad


    Hi OP, have you considered that maybe you're just the kind of person that needs a challenge? I mean, I'm not saying the business isn't challenging but maybe in your head you've already achieved more than you thought possible so you're bored of it? I always have to have a goal I'm working towards, and often 'work goals' wont be enough to do that. A simple example is I like music but I never really got good at any instrument coz I set myself a goal of a certain song I really want to play, and after I can do that I get bored and give up for a while, then move onto the next instrument. Does that sound like you?

    Another thing to consider is your age maybe. Are you at the age when your friends are doing the settling down, kids, house stuff? I can be a bit of a kick to realize that you're on a different path to your friends in that way.


  • #3
    Rubberchikken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,095 ✭✭✭Rubberchikken


    don't dismiss the problem. it's an issue for you so important. i don't know what title they'd have, but would speaking to someone who could look at what you've achieved so far, which sounds great btw, and what you'd like to achieve in the future, be any help? talking things through with someone can often help us see things way more clearly.

    also, have you had any proper break from all you've been doing? do you take part in any leisure activities? it's great to be goal-focused, but not at the expense of the rest of your life.
    hopefully someone here will have good advice. all the best


  • #4
    stickyfinger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭stickyfinger


    Could you join an entrepreneurs group or local business group and get some advice from others on what they did when they got to your point of having the company set up and running? Like the other OP said maybe it's challenge you need so perhaps now that it's running well on it's own it's not as challenging anymore and you need a few more ideas from others who've been in a similar situation? Or if it's more about your life in general perhaps try a counsellor to have a chat through what it is you want out of life and how to make a few changes to get there?


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