I used to be the employee that went above and beyond and being the manager's pet. I was always being praised and it helped that I genuinely liked what I was doing, but then I had to leave because my job closed for covid and I realized how burnt out I was. Plus my mental health got drastically worse for personal reasons and I never recovered and feel like I have nothing left to offer at any job. Now it doesn't matter how “easy” any one I try is or how much I think I can like it again, I just can't. I hate working so much. I've never hated it this much. I'm almost 26 and just feel like i'm wasting my life away at any job. I hate working 8 hours. I hate getting off so late and being too tired to even cook dinner so I just order out. I hate everything surrounding having a job, but I obviously need a paycheck. I used to go out of my way to even befriend coworkers and get close hanging out beyond work. But now i'm just too mentally exhausted for any of that and I don't know what to do. I can't do this for the rest of my life. I had such big dreams as a kid.