Taking a break

Hey 👋🏻

It's been a little over a month since I last posted an article, and I apologize for that.

I shared on Twitter how I was feeling pretty close to burnout, and what I was doing to try to avoid it. I was on a good track, and things had improved enough that I thought I'd made it through, and I was ready to write a blog post about how I'd done it 😂!

Then I left for a week on a sailboat with friends (it had been planned for a long time), and I completely disconnected.

No more work, no more notifications, no more emails, no more stress. Just friends, the sea, and group life.

And when I got back a few days early, I realized something: I didn't want to start working again.

That's a feeling I'm not used to!

If you know me, you know that my work has always been a huge part of my life and a passion of mine. I've never come close to burnout before, I've never been bored, I've never run out of ideas, I've never wanted to stop for a single moment.

Worse: I have no reason to stop or lose my motivation. Uneed is doing better than ever, I'm making far more money than I ever imagined, and every light is green.

Needless to say, when I realized I couldn't get myself back to work, it was mentally tough 😅.

After 48 hours, I started replying to emails and messages, fixing the most urgent bugs, etc. The ideas started flowing again, my motivation came back just a tiny bit, and my computer became a familiar object again.

But I know it's not enough, and that I need a change.

So I've decided to take an extra week of vacation and to go on a bike-packing trip around Brittany with a friend.

We'll see what comes out of it, but honestly, I'm pretty confident! I already have several ideas in mind, and I'll tell you about them in a future article when I get back from vacation 😊

Thomas