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IMO: 60-80hrs a week plus potentially hard exercise == Burnout.

Dont work a second more than 40hrs. If your project cannot handle only 40hrs per week, it needs to scale horizontally (more people). if horizontal scaling wont work (aka: Mythical man month) then the deadline was/is just wishful thinking.

If your case is actually burnout: I would take 2 weeks vacation immediately and ban computers during that time, maybe a beach somewhere tropical. Stop working overtime and drastically reduce your cortisol levels (drink black tea, no caffeine/coffee, deep breathing, cardio not weights, all the usual prescriptions for stress). Finally, invest some time into increasing your bandwidth. See: "Apprenticeship patterns" by Dave H. Hoover.

Best of luck.

In a couple of months your body should have reset. Start to address the deep roots of your issues. Try reading "the slow fix" by Carl Honore .

Most of this is anecdotal advice based off limited information. Hopefully it helps.



Thanks for the advice. I'm actually going on vacation in 28 days 9 hours and 23 minutes. Going to the dominican republic for 7 days computer and worry free. I also go to a therapist to help me deal with work/stress/depression.




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