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Sounds like depression with potentially a job that’s not a fit for you. But also keep in mind many people are struggling to stay motivated and engaged with 100% WFH
I went through a similar process. But it takes time and active effort to find things you truly enjoy. The best piece of advice I received was to look at things on the periphery. What are you hobbies, even if not currently doing. What activities interest you? You don’t have to be an expert at it NOW. But if you list out enough things that interest you and find the commonalities between them. Meaning the element that excites you, you’ll find it.
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Honestly this is kind of my goal. I am a huge workaholic and cannot let go of my work and it is a problem. I want to do the bare minimum at work and find happiness in non-work activities, but I can’t stop myself from being a huge gunner and then have no time to find non-work happiness.
Grass is always greener I guess, but I think it’s totally fine to have your job be a 9-5. If you don’t hate it and enjoy it sometimes, I think that’s probably good enough (so long as you don’t have to work all the time) and you can pursue other things in life. Work does not have to be your be all and end all. That’s a very American mindset, haha. There’s way too much pressure to find a job you’re passionate about. We work to live, not live to work.
All that said, it does sound a bit like depression if you have zero motivation and feel horrible about it. You have to be able to perform your job functions adequately, even if you’re not trying to be an all star.
Wish I could say. From my experience, there’s a lot of reasons why I might not be motivated. It might be because of depression, or the work not engaging, or it’s too overwhelming, or the path I’m on isn’t where I want to be. It could be all those reasons above and more.
This might sound cliche but you have to look within and ask yourself why you don’t care. And answer yourself honestly. It took me years before admitting to myself I just don’t care about what I’m doing. Just that admission gave me a lot of freedom to tolerate it.