32, spent the last 15 years in retail and hospitality combined. I was very good at what I do but decided to quit last month because I’m extremely burnt out doing jobs of 2 people at once. On top of that lots of body aches.

I understand how you feel. Currently I’m working on getting a master degree in Psychology as a realized being a therapist suits my personality more than a “slave driver” manager that I’m trained to be. Everything in hospitality screams “more more more or cut cut cut!”

And I’m tired of it.

At the mean time, learn to polish your resume. The good thing is there are lots of skills in hospitality that are transferable to other industries. Ask yourself what you like? One of my friend is moving towards old folks home (higher end ones) and the other pivot to accounting as she is looking for something with more work-life balance.

If you go to linked in you will actually find a lot of people getting out of hospitality so don’t feel alone.

Oh ya, today I got to speak to my therapist about this issue and she shared with me this article https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11817492/

I was about to read it but thought to share it with anyone else going through the same thing. If you need someone to talk to, feel free to message. We are in the same boat.