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Thanks for sharing. I've been through a somewhat similar experience and wrote about it recently, as well as how I got my mojo back: http://www.earthtoneil.com/2012/03/restarting-fire.html

Interest that you mentioned knowing someone who still hasn't recovered after five years. As you'll see from my story above, that was precisely me until recently.

Ultimately, I don't think recovery is just something that happens by taking a few weeks off, or making trivial other changes. You've got to address the root cause of why you're unhappy or it will surface again later.




Thanks for posting this article. I love how you explained strengthening the casual link between effort and reward. I guess that's why I'm such a SEO-freak. I love how the harder you try to build links, and create content, the more traffic you get.. the rules were so simple and SEO was a game I could win!

Then Google Panda came along and took away what I loved most in life =(




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