This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/6-years-of-burnout-my-journey-back-to-loving-programming. I used to really love programming. I stopped when I got burned out from work. Overworking for a few years got me so burnt out that I started hating my job. Check more stories related to life-hacking at: https://hackernoon.com/c/life-hacking. You can also check exclusive content about #burnout, #programming, #side-projects, #work-related-burnout, #programming-life, #life-as-a-programmer, #life-journey, #coding-journey, and more. This story was written by: @thoughtfulinvesting. Learn more about this writer by checking @thoughtfulinvesting's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. I used to really love programming. I stopped when I got burned out from work. Overworking for a few years got me so burnt out that I started hating my job. The burnout lasted for 6 years. This year, I feel like I'm starting to recover from burnout and got interested in coding again.