What is my Problem?
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Anonymous
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No matter what job I do I get bored and apathetic after a couple years. I think something will be interesting and that I will enjoy it but that feeling never lasts. I have gone back to school twice and done career shifts only to be just as bored and unengaged in the new job/field (education, health, social services, academia). I have really lost all ambition to work and while I put in time, I no longer put in good effort or produce quality work. Years ago this would have bothered me immensely but now I don't even seem to care - another problem in itself. I have a strong and varied skill set, good people skills and come across as a leader so I have had many opportunities and promotions but can never seem to find that job that I actually enjoy. Everything becomes drudgery. When people ask me what my passion / dream job would be, I tend to think of doing something very altruistic and humanitarian - but not something that is realistic or practically doable. Given my history I could probably be given the job of ending child poverty and get bored and tired of that in a couple years too!
Anyone else never find their niche or really have a passion or interest? |
Anonymous
| Every job becomes boring and routine after a while, especially if you work behind the desk and are stuck in a cubicle. Even if you joined the Peace Corps, you might run into frustrations, interpersonal conflicts, even boredom. It's part of the human condition: ennui! |
Anonymous
| This is me too. I'm envious of people who enjoy their jobs. I've done we'll, make good money, have worked at various places but always get bored after 2 years. I've reach a point where I decided just to stay where I am and deal. How do people find a job they enjoy? |
Anonymous
| It's for this reason that I like consulting. Every 6 months to a year maybe two, you get a new client and a new project, and that keeps it exciting. |
Anonymous
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Here's some summer reading for you lifted from Wikipedia:
In Chapter 18 of the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), the character Lord Henry Wotton says to a young Dorian Gray: "The only horrible thing in the world is ennui, Dorian. That is the one sin for which there is no forgiveness." |
Anonymous
| Part of the problem is too much distraction from home with raising kids, managing their extracurriculars and the household. When my husband was laid off for a year, I poured my soul into my job, stayed late, helped clients beyond what was required, planned larger-scale projects, loved the freedom to follow my muse, got great reviews. THEN...he got a new job and everything went back to being me as the default caregiver/home manager. All the zing went out of the job, and before I knew it my work hours began to include refinance paperwork, teacher conferences, phone calls to contractors. Gone was the joy of work and I quit within the year...again. |
Anonymous
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Good God how I wish I had a job to become bored with.
That said, sounds like you need a work flirtation/crush to liven things up. |
Anonymous
| No advice OP but I have the same exact problem. |
Anonymous
+1 At this point, I work to make money and get health insurance. Not to have a fulfilling career. Counting the years until retirement...about 33 more to go! 
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Anonymous
| I have the same problem too. I know someone who has worked the same job on the same project for 15 years and I just don't get how they do it, because our job is BORING. |