'I hope they fire me': 47-year-old employee makes a mistake at work that leads to serious repercussions, hopes management fires him due to burnout

How do people reach the age of 40 or 50 without feeling completely burned out by their careers?

The short answer is, they don't. It's incredibly rare for anyone to have a career, any career, without feeling the burnout at some point. It could happen when you're 25, it could happen when you're 55, and it can happen many times in between, too. The question is, what do you do to deal with it, and how do you move on without losing your job or risking your career?

Take this 47-year-old man, for example. He is a family man, a father to 3 kids, and a highly experienced employee who hasn't been without a job for the past 20 years. Despite all that, or maybe due to all that, he is currently feeling the worst burnout of his life, and is longing for a break, even though he knows he can't afford it.

Recently, he made a mistake at work that had huge repercussions. He admitted that it was a careless mistake, but he is so burned out that he doesn't really care if this mistake will lead to being fired. Actually, he is rather hoping it will. Now, when someone reaches the point of wishing they get fired because of how tired they are of working, they must take a long, hard look at their life and understand what they need to change.

They can take a long vacation, take on a hobby, or work on improving their home life and relationship, whatever it takes to not feel so tired of their everyday life. Obviously, they can also change their job or profession, but that is a decision that should not be made recklessly, especially not these days. Staying at a job that makes you feel hopeless is never a solution, so we are here for any idea of how someone can snap out of it and enjoy life once more. Which is exactly why we now wonder:

What should the desperate man below do?

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Hope I'm getting fired tomorrow.

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