Anyone here in a spiral of apathy and zero productivity? I was on the bench in consulting for three months and then exited making about twice what I feel I’m worth. Having a hard time jumping in when it feels so easy to scrape by doing very little. I maybe have one productive hour a day and I’m worried it’s going to catch up with me now, but it feels impossible to work a full day.

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That’s totally a “rich person” problem. But don’t worry, you’ll never get caught.

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I'm in the same boat and not sure of how to fix it.

This is the result of the wave of employment we just had.
Dome unemployment is necessary to put pressure and select best employees.
You are probably just through a phase, but without some pressure and with an easy reward for low effort, some people just coast

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