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How to deal with post-work exhaustion?
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Reduce your workload, if possible.
Instead of 38.5 hours/week, try to get down to 20-24 hrs/week, if possible.
I actually experimented with this in the past.
It does help quite a bit. ( but for some projects i would spend too much time catching up what i missed the other days)
The trouble is mostly finding part time work. When I tried it in the past, it was because I was already working full time and asked to have it reduced.
But now i don’t have a job, and finding pastime options from the start seems to be more difficult than finding a full time job.
I suppose I could start something full time and ask for a reduction later. But I’m a bit worried on how long I’ll be able to handle working full time.
Which field do you work in?
Not in one field specifically. But I have the most experience in software engineering, functional analysis, and tutoring (university-level)
Have you considered switching professions?
What about retail worker in a grocery store?
Telling a software engineer to work retail is a punch in the gut.
You might think so; But I used to do software, and now I'm starting retail on thursday. Wish me luck!
How do you pay rent? None of the jobs in retail here pay anything close to what you would need to make ends meet.
I guess living in Europe does something to lower your Cost Of Living; Also, I share my apartment with two other people, so we effectively divide rent by 3. That also helps.
I have considered changing professions in the past, but i don’t think I could do a switch at this moment.
I don’t think i could easily find a job in a different field and I’m a bit worried that I would get lost and lose energy, even in seemingly simple jobs.
I understand that.
I was just considering that maybe, if you try something different, you might find a surprising amount of satisfaction in it; and be grateful for some change?
There is truth in that.
I actually like the things I do for work though. Or at least I like doing those things by myself for fun.
After having worked in the field for a few years, I noticed my enjoyment seems to have disappeared. Perhaps it’s the hours, or perhaps it’s the way that business can make anything boring. But I just didn’t like doing these things anymore.
And if I don’t like the things I really enjoyed in the past, then it feels like I will surely not like those things i disliked in the past.
I will still try though. But not easy to experiment with new things when you feel like you’re in survival mode all the time.
good luck!