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I was a pizza delivery driver for 4 years until one day I felt physically & mentally exhausted! I felt like I was running on a squirrel wheel! It really started to feel like a dead end job even though it was fun at the beginning. Best of luck!

I'm really glad you shared your story, it's been almost 6 months since I had my last job (after working for almost 9 years) and I still feel pretty dead inside and uninterested in doing anything. I'm really glad to hear that you said that it took you about a year to get out of the rut of just existing. I spent about 4 months traveling to 9 different countries and even that felt pretty hollow and empty most of the time. But I think this gives me some hope that I'll get out the other end ok. One of my biggest regrets is staying in the Bay Area for so long after being able to work from home, I really should have moved somewhere else. I think I probably would have had an extra ~50k if I just moved somewhere cheaper earlier. I think another huge mistake was not downsizing sooner, but I was way too burnt out to move out of my $3500 apartment but I really should have moved out when my roommates did (in addition to being burned out after they left I really liked the space and not having to live with people). Great video thanks for sharing.

Geat video, thank you so much..

We are driving hard to FI. We are close, but what we really want is retirement. After working for 34 years, we want time back to our lives.

Your tech burnout story is very relatable. May I suggest you read the book "Burnout Society"? You would find it interesting. Would love to hear your ideas.

beautiful video and really inspiring. do you have tips how to find good volunteering opportunities?

Is this in holland? it looks so dutch

I really enjoy this type of content, thanks for the video

Andrew always half nude to show off his muscles 😂

Andrew, where are you living these days? I have had a similar experience with tech burnout. I would be interested in hearing more about your experience in tech, where you live now, and how you got there, in detail. I think your story could help others feel less alone.

Can you make a video about how you discovered you were FIRE ready?

it is a respectable decision. but the question is can you retire early iike this still get married and have one kid? can you afford not keep up the corporate grind longer

Hey Andrew, I started my journey in the web development in the past year actually, and I recently find your channel. I think there is no coincidences. So please read this, is an important message, the most important message for any person actually: We are actually fallen and corrupted creatures. We are full of injustices, wickedness, lies and evil. Every human being have the same problem, since the fall of Adam, our hearts are actually seek and go to do evil. We all say lies. We all steal something, even something small or without "importance". We all fall in sexual inmorality like having sex before marrige, or cheat your wife/husband, watch pornography, look other people with lust and corrupted desires, look them in the street, social media, internet, etc. We all hate someone in our hearts, that's actually consider to be a killer in the eyes of God. We made fake gods to worship them and not to deal with our problem: We all fail and we do horrible things in this earth. Those things I mention before are actually part of the Law of God, and WE BROKE the Law of God many many times. We are actually criminals, sinners, who made crimes against God and our neighbors. God is our Creator, He is Holy, Good and Just and He hates evil and He punish all the wicked actions of the humans beings. He establised a day when He is going to judge every human being in all the history of this Earth, the Final Day of Jugdment. We are all guilty and in that day we going to have all the consequences of our wickedness, We all deserve the eternal condenation, Hell, the Holy and Just Wrath of God, because we broke all the Law of God. We actually have a huge problem with the infinite Justice of God, and we can't escape from that destiny, we are guilty and we can't do anything to change that. We are actually lost for ever. But, God is very very Merciful and God knows we are actually lost for ever, so He did something. God the Father send His Son LORD Jesus Christ to save us. The God of Israel Himself becomes a human being, Jesus of Nazareth, and He die for us, He die for our sins. LORD Jesus in the cross take all the warth and punishment what we deserve for our sins and wickedness and He die for us He die for our sins. He paid the debt with the infinite Justice of God what we have. By His Grace we are save not by any human work of us because we only deserve hell only. That's why when you believe in LORD Jesus and His work of Salvation and Redemption you have salvation, redemption, forgiveness of sins, eternal life and reconciliation with God only by LORD Jesus. LORD Jesus was dead but He rose at the third day, and He is now sit at the right hand of God His Father but He is coming back soon to the Earth as the Supreme Judge, and He will put and end to all the wicked things and evil of the humans beings for ever, including yours if you don't repent, oh, japanese people. That's why we say to you in love and Truth, repent of your sins and wickedness and believe in LORD Jesus and His Gospel and follow Him. Without Christ you are actually lost for ever and ever. If you die, you are going to Judgement of God, and if you don't believe and follow LORD Jesus, after the Judgement you are going to the eternal condenation for ever. That's why with a great sense of urgency take this message with extreme seriously, your life and soul are in danger: you could die today at any moment, you never know. Come to Christ Jesus, without Him we are nothing and the eternal condenation is at the door. Come to Christ oh dear people. Blessings to you and your family, greetings from Chile 🇨🇱

Wishing you the best

I dont think you were crazy at all. You pushed yourself too far and you were swimming against the tide

Andrew this was a very insightful, coherent, and transparent recap of inevitable workplace issues. Thanks for sharing.

Hey bro, hope you doing fine. I'm also facing the burnout issue (I believe burnout is a general term, it's like 'car breakdown', but what cause the car breakdown?), for me the previous employer is micromanage me as hell. My ex-boss is a non-technical people who want to rule technical team and getting upset when we gave technical term and explanation.

Hey thanks for the video. I relate to a lot of what you talked about. I’ve been in the software industry for 16 years or so and admittedly I’ve been very close to or at burn out several times. What I realized helped me get past those moments has been to let myself organically grow and in a way resist the external expectations and pressures to grow by peers, managers and the company as a whole. I know it’s easier said than done since they want you to keep moving up really for their own interests like bringing in new workers continuously. I think we all have our own internal speed where we feel our best and if you mess with that it can really throw you off and make you burn out faster. Some people move faster and others slower. As someone on the slower end I’ve felt I had to try to control my growth at my speed even with my manager pushing for artificial growth that I wasn’t ready for. It’s taken many years to find my best pace of growth and I think finding that is very important to create for yourself a healthy growth environment. In summary, don’t let others dictate how fast or slow you grow. Try to find your pace and try to grow at your own pace. Also learn to recognize when you’re close to burnout so that you can take care of yourself.

Don't worry. Corporations will dump you with no warning any day of the week.

I work in tech and i totally understand why you were troubled by these jobs. The corporate world is not a great place for introverts and more than that, it’s not a great place for people who are thoughtful and introspective. You were right to protect your health and living well below your means will help you for your whole life. It’s about preserving your life energy for the things that matter. We get one shot . Well done.

What’s your job today?

So you live near Eindhoven?! 👌🏼😁😉 You talked about the bicycle infrastructure, but do you know the RUclips channel Not Just Bikes, he's a fellow Canadian who lives here now for over five years and compares the Dutch and European infrastructure with North America! So if you don't know him, go check him out, it's really interesting! And also great to show your family and friends in Canada! 🤷🏻‍♂️👍🏻✌🏼

What a beautiful, heart-warming video! ❤

Thank you for sharing your journey Andrew! I just found your channel today and I find it so inspiring and happy for a fellow Canadian to also really appreciate and love the Dutch culture!! Love to learn more from you and what you discover! Thanks for being such a amazing and wonderful person! Wishing you a happy day! Dank je wel, Tot Ziets!

it's actually nice to hear from someone that appreciate The Netherlands 🙂I have been living in The Netherlands my whole life but sometimes you forget these simple things are so nice to have instead of being in a competitive environment that might be in Canada/Asia or wherever that may be 🙂

of course Netherland is better ,!!!!!

Why am I crying 🥲 Beautiful! Your grandma is proud of you 😘

I'm glad you enjoy our country! 😊

Thanks for sharing..always wanted to move to Amsterdam / Other places in the Netherlands. Can I message you with some questions Andrew if possible? Thanks, Kevin

Very exciting news axu! ❤

Is there really a way to defer capital gains tax in Canada? I googled it and all I see is for "Eligible small business corporation shares". Could you share more about this?

Isn't it also true that in NL the salaries are quite a bit lower than in Toronto, tech related that is? Also, check out European law. If you naturalize and are in the Dutch tax system, you can see if you could move to a different country together and switch tax systems. Socially that might be tough, there are many factors of course.

I live in the NL and my FI/RE journey has indeed changed. Before coming here, my aim was traditional FI/RE, but given their tax system, it felt I was being penalized for saving aggressively. But currently, I have work-life balance, 40 vacation days and hybrid work setup. So I switched my FI/RE goal to work part-time, say 4x a week, when I'm 50 or 55 and assess it from there. Hope you find what works best for you :)

Hey bud, as someone who lives in The NL I am trying to work on getting financially free but took some steps to make myself happy last year (going back to uni) that did cost me most of my saves. Put me in a way better place though so all worth it! Got a new job now so back to paying of debt and stuff.

burnout is real man -- way to share the story.

Thank you for sharing. I can relate on so many aspects of what you said. Also software engineer.

Your videos about childhood trauma, working in tech, and FIRE have really been resonating with me. I'm glad I found your channel. I hope I run into you one day in Toronto!

Thank you, give yourself a hug please.

Do you have wife

Growing up in a somewhat old school Asian household, I never experienced the perfectionist and high expectation stereotype, but doing stupid things and talking back guaranteed physical punishment by belt or a slipper. 😂 But I like your viewpoints. It's nice to see to learn from each generation how they find ways of moving on.

Besides the tax stuff you can get access to Schengen area, that can be interesting to have for the long run.

Im familiar with the whole FAAANGOM: fb, Apple, Adobe, Amazon, Netflix, Google, Oracle, Microsoft… I worked at 3 of them , Hated with passion . … I freelance having saved over $2mill. .. I couldnt go on working at the corp level… after 20years had to permanently say goodbye to all of that

i love this!!

that mental trick is going to rule over my life now. im going to always have second thoughts and be like "i could buy this orrrrr i could be earning 4% of that amount every year for the rest of my life."

I grew up in Markham Ontario - so I was witness to the majority of my peers going through the exact same thing. “A stands for average” was a joke that I heard so often, but when I would see some of these brilliant classmates start stressing out over high 80% averages and only getting accepted into certain pristine universities I started to realize that this ‘joke’ was actually quite true. Thanks for sharing and being vulnerable with us Andrew. And thank you for also starting to take care of your inner child. We’re cheering you on 😊

you're an american person living in the netherlands ? why ?

right when this video starts i feel like Huh, this has to be here in the netherlands...

Hello Andrew, thank you for this video. I've had this same exact experience in the government sector in DC. I realized that these "constructive debates" and useless meetings, were more about re-filling the demon's ego cups rather than truly fixing an existing problem. It drained my soul horribly and i am glad i left. Thank you for explaining this! Keep it up!

thanks for sharing! i think it's good to recognize how our experiences have shaped us, but it is important to do so without glorifying victimhood. we all have had negative experiences big and small, and now "childhood trauma" doesn't even mean anything anymore because everyone is saying they have childhood trauma. yes shit happened, but let's not build our identities around that. lets instead empower ourselves to move forward and be happy and successful. i think that's more productive than dwelling and over-unpacking.

I’m a total introvert.. I’m happy never leaving my apartment or never seeing a human being! Humans are draining and the worse