ADHDers, grieve your career if you have to.

(no, I'm not telling you to leave your role)

I left business change management in September.

Why did I wait until burnout caught up with me again?

You know the pattern.

The second burnout in 2 years.

The mounting overwhelm.

The masking that stops working.

But I didn't expect the grief before I left.

It took a while for me to accept.
It wasn't "I'm bailing on this career."
It was "This career requires me to fail myself."

You don't have to leave your role of course.
But how do you actually grieve a career you're still in?
Well, name what you're mourning before burnout names it for you.

YOU choose which version of your career identity you're ready to let go of.

If you've been the person who "handles everything," you grieve that superhuman mask.

If you've been the one who never says no, you mourn the people-pleaser who got you here.

Career grief is essentially a choice.

Which version of yourself do you release before burnout makes that choice for you?

The grief you acknowledge now protects the choices you still have.