Post #40183 by martiki on Fri, Jun 20, 2003 12:14 PM

Monkeyman- I hear ya. I really, really, hear ya. It's because you and I are in the same situation that I got off my butt and started doing more things I enjoyed after work, like local theatre, tiki stuff, graphic design projects, etc. Now, I'm in the Swanky boat- not so much that I'm sick of my outside interests, it's just that I'm exhausted all the time. I don't know what the solution is. If doing what you love makes you hate it ultimately, and doing what you hate only makes it harder to do what you love, then where do you go from there? Sometimes I'd love to just have a job from 9 to 5 that didn't require any thought, and I could just push it to the back of my mind to make room for all the other things that make me happy. Lot's of people I know can do that- say "It's just a job" and get on with living. But I can't. I wish I could. If it's too mundane, then I get bored and frustrated, and can't handle spending that much of my waking life doing crap.

Ugh. The tedious tales of ennui from the liberal arts major. Old story.