请问HN：在经历职业倦怠后休息了一段时间，现在该怎么办？
几个月前，我辞去了工作，之前做了大约10年的软件工程师。疲惫感迫使我做出了这个决定——我并没有做好计划，只是突然撞上了墙，选择了离开。我已经稍微恢复了一些，现在正在努力弄清楚接下来该做什么。
我现在30多岁，单身，已经在应税账户和退休账户中储蓄了大约300万美元。大部分是指数基金，还有一些现金，以及一部分限制性股票单位（RSUs）。我每年在高消费地区的生活开销大约为5万美元，并且没有房产。因此，我的处境是我不必立即工作，但这并没有让我更清晰地了解未来的方向。
朋友们提到过财务独立、提前退休（FIRE），但我不确定早期退休是否会让我感到充实。老实说，拥有更多选择反而让我感到更加无所适从，而不是更轻松。
我的疲惫感并不是因为工作时间长，而是源于感觉无效和缺乏明确的方向。我的角色感到模糊，领导层不一致，我开始觉得自己落后于他人，而其他人却在不断进步。这种感觉随着时间的推移让我感到疲惫，并削弱了我的自信心。
现在我在考虑几条路径：
1. 回到我的旧工作——我离开时关系良好，可能可以回去。我一直在想，这是否更多是我个人的问题，而不是公司的问题，回去可能有助于澄清这一点。
2. 延长休假——再旅行或专注于非职业兴趣几个月，然后重新评估。
3. 现在开始找工作——虽然动力不强，但考虑到当前的就业市场，可能无论如何都需要一段时间。
4. 职业转型——没有明确的方向或热情，只是对做些不同的事情感到模糊的好奇。
如果你曾经休息过、转行过，或者经历过这样的疲惫感——你是如何找到下一步的？尤其好奇人们是如何判断问题是出在工作上……还是出在自己身上。
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I left my job a few months ago after ~10 years as a software engineer. Burnout kind of forced the decision — I didn’t plan it well, just hit a wall and stepped away. I’ve recovered a bit and now I’m trying to figure out what to do next.<p>I’m in my 30s, single, and have saved about $3M across taxable and retirement accounts. Mostly index funds, some cash, and a chunk in RSUs. I spend around $50K/year living in a HCOL area, and don’t own a home. So I’m in a position where I don’t have to work right away, but that hasn’t really made things clearer.<p>Friends have brought up FIRE, but I’m not sure early retirement would feel fulfilling. Honestly, having more options has made things feel more paralyzing, not less.<p>The burnout wasn’t really about long hours. It came more from feeling ineffective and having no clear direction. My role felt fuzzy, leadership was inconsistent, and I started feeling like I was falling behind while other people kept progressing. That wore me down over time and chipped away at my confidence.<p>Now I’m considering a few paths:<p>Return to my old job — I left on good terms and could probably go back. I’ve been wondering if this was more of a me problem than a company problem, and going back might help clarify that.
Extend the sabbatical — travel or focus on non-career interests for a few more months, then reassess.
Start job searching now — not super motivated, but with the current job market, it might take a while anyway.
Career change — no clear direction or passion, just vague curiosity about doing something different.<p>If you’ve taken a break, pivoted careers, or dealt with burnout like this — how did you figure out your next step? Especially curious how people figured out whether the problem was the job… or themselves.