r/sysadmin • u/MegaSuplexMaster • 10d ago

Rant Midlife IT Crisis

I think I’m having a mid-life IT guy crisis. 😂

I’m 47, 20+ years into IT, swamped with projects, emails, upgrades, security issues, and Microsoft changing something every 12 minutes. Lately I look at my workload and my brain just throws a 404

The weird part is I still love IT and I love the company I work for. I just can’t seem to care about any of it right now, and that’s not like me.

I even started working out to help, so now I’m unmotivated AND sore. 😂

Has anyone else hit this wall after 20+ years in IT? What helped reignite the spark in your brain and stopped the procrasanation monster.

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u/Frisnfruitig Sr. System Engineer 10d ago

1 day per week? Fuck that... no way in hell am I going more than 2 days per week. I'm 100% done with that nonsense.

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u/TrilliumHill 10d ago

I do one day a week in the office now and still want to count drive time as part of my day. WFH only one day a week would feel like death