Earlier this year I quit my toxic job of 15 years, moved to a different state and started school again to finish my degree so I could get the career I wanted.
It took me months to find another job, hundreds of applications, a dozen of interviews. Only 1 offer.
I spent the last 8 years running around like a chicken with its head cut off. Trying to fix one problem after another (even though they technically weren’t my issues). I was pulled in so many directions at my last job.
This new job is in a different industry. I’m getting paid $20k more. I have insane benefits. I am salary nonexempt so I get salary benefits but get paid for any over time. They are even offering me $10k a year towards school.
The problem? This job is so fucking boring. There is 0 stimulation. The work they are giving me is painfully simple. I’ve had to start listening to audiobooks again to stay awake/not go crazy. I go home at the end of the day feeling like a zombie.
I should be happy but I’m not and that bothers me. Idk how to retrain my brain to take it easy and just go with the flow, to not care so much and to not work myself to death.