India, June 5 -- An IIM alumnus has sparked a massive online conversation about corporate burnout after walking away from a Rs.60 LPA salary with no backup plan. Having spent over a decade climbing the corporate ladder, the mid-30s professional quit his job out of sheer frustration with the "meaninglessness" of the grind. While the first two months of freedom felt liberating, the initial bliss has slowly morphed into an unexpected sense of restlessness and emptiness. On Reddit, the individual shared a candid account of navigating this in-between phase, asking others how they coped after escaping the rat race.

"What happens when you finally escape the rat race and still feel restless?" the person wrote.

Adding context to their remark, th...