Dunno how else to call it. Got me a job. It’s not a bad job. I like the work I do, I tolerate the people there, the hours are not long, it’s unionised so they can’t harrass me when I’m off the clock, it pays the bills I got.
… But god damn. Once I’m home I lack the drive to do literally anything.
I’ve stopped going to gym, I often eat junk cuz I just don’t wanna cook, even my hobbies are being left to gather dust. After working my 9-to-5 I just wanna lie down and rot until it’s work time again.
So the question is, how do the better-adjusted adults handle this?
If you’ve started this job recently, that sounds completely normal, at least to my neurodivergent ears.
You’re learning how to ride a bike, except it doesn’t require so much physical practice as mental practice. You’re putting in a lot of mental effort all day every day, and it’s exhausting. For me, this period at a new job can last three to six months, sometimes more. Eventually, you get the hang of it, and you don’t have to put in nearly as much mental effort to do your job well. Then you can get back to your other life shit.
It’s been about 5 months, idk if that counts as ‘recently’ (but I’m also VERY nd, so maybe you got a point :p)
I’d count it. It’s been a long while since I really changed jobs, but that was absolutely a thing for me. Part of the way I have survived is by working a nap in somewhere every day. I used to go to my car at lunch and listen to NPR.