Others, feeling burnt-out creatively, want out. Out of their stream and into another. This is particularly a reaction of men in the arts fields where ideas and the ability to follow-through are vital. It is not that at forty the body is too old (as it may be becoming in dance and the sports fields, for example). It is not. But, in the competitive fields of advertising, movies, journalism and theatre where mental creative follow-through is important people may see the man as having an output verging on brilliant while inside he fears he is burnt-out and able to get no further than putting the subject title on paper. His mind he feels is tired and has lost its nimbleness and facility to surprise. Therefore he wants out and into a new work field where success cannot be judged or compared to past skill or past fame.
For many men the mere suspicion that failure is ahead makes it imperative they get out of their stream and into something new and personally satisfying. They may run down their work so that their output becomes regarded as useless and perhaps subconsciously they hope to be dismissed so that the final act of severence is in someone else’s hands. Many will throw up a career or profession as if this original line of work is of no importance.
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