AIBU to have ‘gone off’ working?

[haribofiend]

Okay so I realise I am unreasonable!

But does anyone else feel the same?

I’m not a lazy person, have always worked v.hard, too hard at times, if anything!

But lately (since Covid / lockdown, but maybe it’s just a coincidence) I’m so fed up of it. I’m not in the wrong job - I like my work well enough… but not as much as I’d like leisure time I find I’m wistfully looking forward to retirement, and I’m only 34!!

I’m a bit shocked at myself tbh. Is it just me who’s had this change of heart lately and needs a big old boot up the bum?

Unfortunately I still feel like this, if anything even more so. I accepted redundancy end of December because of all the reasons mentioned in the thread. It felt great, I had a great 3 months off ("off" - I have a two year old and various projects that kept me busy, doing all the things like admin and DIY that I didn't do while working full time etc.) Now I've gone back to work for a short term contract which was meant to be the answer to feeling permanently burned out and I STILL don't want to do it. This is in a job I loved and that is meaningful and that I'm good at. I just don't seem to want to work. No energy and no motivation.

If anyone knows the answer please tell me. Sigh.