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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
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I’m kind of in this situation now. Workload is a bit light at the moment and I’m just really not excited by alot of stuff going on at work right now. I’m just mentally checked out and coasting most of the time. I’m not looking for another job, but it feels like I’m in a mental rut. My area doesn’t really have levels of promotion and the next “logical step” is management, which I have no interest in because of how far removed from my job skills (graphic design). There’s nowhere else in the company I’d care to go to, I’m fine with where I’m at, but at the same time bored to tears with it. I know “getting out of my comfort zone” could help, but having a mortgage and kids to care for means I don’t really have the luxury of just uprooting everything on a whim.
Freelancing is an option, but I usually dislike doing graphic design for other people (ironically enough). I love the feeling of being so passionate about a project that I get lost in it and obsess over it for weeks, but I just don’t have that spark right now, everything feels dull.
Maybe try a new non work hobby in this downtime. You don't have to be a more productive or engaged employee to find joy and excitement in life! Why can't work be that consistent but dull backdrop that empowers/enables your the rest of your time?
Maybe a mindset shift will help. You don't have to keep climbing that corporate ladder. Stop and smell the roses! Idk about you, but most above me on that ladder at my company seem pretty overworked and tired
I love being on or near the bottom of the corporate ladder. I'm not interested in extra responsibility. I just want to clock in and clock out and not think about work when I'm not there. I have too many other things I want to do with my time.