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I give up on trying to find a job I enjoy. How do I find happiness despite hating work?

I'm 27 and at my 4th job in the past 5 years – I've hated all my jobs, and to no surprise, I now hate my current one which I took 5 months ago. Hating work consumes me. I feel depressed throughout the entire week and just wait for the weekend – and when Sunday morning hits all the dread for the week comes back. Sometimes it starts on Saturdays. It's been a 5 year cycle – find a new job that I'm excited about, tell myself I like it at first, hate it by the time I'm 3-6 months in, start looking for another job once I hit the 1 year mark. I'm just really tired, and am ready to surrender to the fact that I hate work. I will give up on my search for a job I enjoy because clearly it's just not going to happen, and…


I'm 27 and at my 4th job in the past 5 years – I've hated all my jobs, and to no surprise, I now hate my current one which I took 5 months ago.

Hating work consumes me. I feel depressed throughout the entire week and just wait for the weekend – and when Sunday morning hits all the dread for the week comes back. Sometimes it starts on Saturdays. It's been a 5 year cycle – find a new job that I'm excited about, tell myself I like it at first, hate it by the time I'm 3-6 months in, start looking for another job once I hit the 1 year mark.

I'm just really tired, and am ready to surrender to the fact that I hate work. I will give up on my search for a job I enjoy because clearly it's just not going to happen, and it taking up so much of my energy. However, I just can't fathom how to be happy despite hating what I spend 8+ hours of the day doing. I have some good friends, a loving pet, and like to have fun in my free time, so it's not like I'm lacking in that area. But I still feel that pit of depression in my stomach when I'm reminded about what I'm obligated to do with the rest of my time.

Any advice whatsoever is appreciated.

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