Fellow #infosec professionals. Our jobs can constantly feel like Sisyphean tasks. Regular parts of life constantly do as well. What do you do in your life that makes you feel like you're actually progressing with something?
@funes I’m actually working on a long-ish piece on burnout (and related topics) that I hope to share in the not too distant future. That said…
Being a father (of now 2!), I find it's easy to get perspective when I need it in terms of "what's important in life” by just hanging with the kiddos.
Outside that, I've actually found that blogging is a good way to help with burnout.
It can be a place where you can vent (anyone seen that crankysec article making the rounds?)
It can help you document something that you can reference in the future, which may save you time and mitigate burnout possibility
It let's you "achieve" something regardless of whether you feel what you did at work was impactful. So if you're churning at work, write about what you are doing and you will have that as evidence of your toil that you can share rather than just having your hours completely wasted.
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