I’m only 25 and have been working in corporate America for 3 years. I’m just burnt out and tired already. I have no idea how I can do this for the next 60 years.
My job is like clockwork, 8-5 every day with a 1 hour lunch at 12. I am really thankful to have a consistent/reliable schedule that works for me, but after the same thing every day it’s just exhausting after a while.
I’m tired of commuting an hour every day to sit in an office by myself and not talk to anyone because people just don’t do that at my company. We use Teams to chat. It’s weird. If I don’t talk to anyone all day, can’t I at least not talk to anyone from home?
By the time I get home I’m just too tired to want to go out or do anything after work. I feel like I’m 50. My job isn’t even incredibly draining or super challenging where it would make me unusually tired, it’s just the routine of it all.