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I got my motivation for my day job deflated. Hard times ahead?

I just noticed that I have problems to maintain the lowest level of motivation I require to get my job done for 8 hours a day. Somehow I am racking up undertime slowly but consistently. I have a remote job and it is not that bad but it is not that good either. I am bored. I constantly think about switching profession actually. I am an IT-worker but doing this for 20 years straight seeing all the blowhards and the underachievers I was not quite fond of in the beginning since I was believing the lie that performance is rewarded (which it is not) and now I am an underachiever myself and I do not care! So anyone having an idea what I should do? I am bored at the job, I am bored at home, so what comes next? Switching jobs is something I try to do but throwing…


I just noticed that I have problems to maintain the lowest level of motivation I require to get my job done for 8 hours a day. Somehow I am racking up undertime slowly but consistently. I have a remote job and it is not that bad but it is not that good either. I am bored.

I constantly think about switching profession actually. I am an IT-worker but doing this for 20 years straight seeing all the blowhards and the underachievers I was not quite fond of in the beginning since I was believing the lie that performance is rewarded (which it is not) and now I am an underachiever myself and I do not care!

So anyone having an idea what I should do? I am bored at the job, I am bored at home, so what comes next? Switching jobs is something I try to do but throwing away university is quite hard. I am more like downgrading my level of living and get by with 3 days work per week.

Does anyone know someone who found a good second job? Anything that can give meaning in life?

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