Some times life feels like being on a treadmill.

Sometimes life feels like a being on a treadmill. In this case the treadmill means to run in place and not really go anywhere. I can work hard at work but what have I accomplished? Nothing significant other than doing my job which in my case means keep the isle stocked and full, the isle looking neat and customers able to find the items they want. I feel this way about the tech industry. I just got my Associates in Computer Information Sciences and already I feel the degree is outdated or irrelevant, because if I work to try, and find work in computer networking I have to work hard to keep my skills up to date in the newest and latest advances in technology, which means knowing all about cloud computing and virtualization. The thing with tech is that advances happen so fast that someone might feel that they are on a treadmill working hard to stay abreast of the latest trends, and the latest technologies with the fear that they might loose their jobs if they don't, this might result in feelings of burn out after years of trying to stay abreast and ahead of everything that goes on around them. What might be done to avoid burnout? Find a job field where the advances in technology are not so fast paced. For example if a person deals with computer networks and they feel burnout in their job field they might consider taking up computer programming. The advances in computer languages are not so rapid, and the changes in a language are easier to adjust to rather than learning a whole new way of doing something, such as moving from dealing with physical routers to dealing with virtual routers. Moving from Ipv4 to Ipv6. If moving to another job occupation is not an option then a person ought to look at their quality of life. Do they work out? Are they able to relieve perhaps the boredom or the tediousness of the job with weight lifting? They might be able too. Living better and living healthier. From a personal perspective I enjoy getting outdoors and doing yard work, or spending quality time with my wife. I hate wasting a Sunday in front of the TV when I could be with my wife doing something together that we enjoy doing. This goes back to the quality of life issue. I have decided to break from the treadmill in my life by doing things that are completely different than my life on it. There are ways to break from the routine or even the tediousness of the treadmill in our lives we just have to take the first steps in doing so.

Eric..............