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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't have that issue when I went back to work after maternity leave.  For me, it came later as a result of mid-career burn.  It sounds to me, OP, that may be what you are going through.  For me, it was a combination of reaching a point where I'd been doing the same thing in the same place for a long time, combined with the fact that the quantity and quality of the work assignments declined for a while (due to outside factors, political and economic).  There would be days when I could barely make myself do any work and then I would just cram it all at the last minute to make my deadline.  I always did the work, it was just a matter of a lot of procrastination in between.  When I got sick of that pattern I decided to avail myself of whatever opportunities for change were available.  I sought different assignments, temporary transfers to different teams/offices, etc.  Eventually, it drove me to seek a position within the same office with more responsibility.  That was something that I had not been interested in for many years prior, but I realized eventually that my boredom and lack of motivation was a sign that I had to make a change.  I'm now much busier and happier.  And because I have new responsibilities and am still on a learning curve, I don't anticipate hitting that boredom wall again for a while.

In short, my suggestion to you, OP, is to shake things up a little and think of opportunities to try new assignments, change departments, try a temporary assignment detail, etc.[/quote]

I am in a similiar position as OP.  This is great advice and I am going to take it.  Thanks.[/quote]

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