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writes:Hello,I need some advice about my career. I am experiencing burnout. The hours at my job are not stressful and the benefits are good. It's a creative job but I am an analytical person. I got into the industry through sheer chance. After college I just desperately needed a job and didn't care about what I did as long as I was doing something. One thing led to another and 5 years of experience and 3 jobs later, I am too far in. I hold a senior position in the company I currently work at. Ever since the quarentine, I have been slagging a lot. I don't have the motivation to do simple routine tasks or to just open my laptop. Today, my boss asked me about the number of years of experience I have and when I joined the company (viz 5 months ago). I suspect they may be looking to send me packing, especially given the current economic scenario. I don't blame them. I know many of you will suggest taking up courses or going back to school. But I want to know, are there any of you there that rekindled their motivation to do a job well inspite of it not necessarily being your passion or fulfilling? Also, I don't know if this is relevant but I suffer from severe anxiety for which I was taking CBT and medication. I am extremely addicted to my phone, I spend over 10 hours a day on it, not talking or texting but using apps. Also I have never been tested, but from what I've read, I suspect that I could have Asperger's syndrome. I want to be alone all the time and loose my temper really quickly. I have no contacts, acquaintances, friends or partner apart from immediate family. Kindly advice.
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reader, anonymous, writes (1 April 2020): If you suspect you have Aspergers and / or are on the Autism spectrum, I would very strongly encourage you to follow this up and sort this out as a priority. This is not something to be ignored or sidelined, like having, for example, a habit of shying away from social occasions - it is a very serious condition that will not only affect you but those around you. Despite being highly analytical, people with Aspergers can also lack planning skills - both long and short term planning skills. It seems you left college with no plan in mind for your future and have actually been very lucky to at least have five years worth of work, even though you don't like it. The challenge now is to start planning for a career that you want. What CodeWarrior suggests could still be worked into this plan - call it Plan A if you like and see if it works. But develop a Plan B, a longer term strategy. Very few jobs these days are for life and most people have to diversify. However, I think what you are experiencing may be linked to the effects of Aspergers and having no support system - the routine of going to work would at least have distracted you and given you a sense of routine. Now that you are not going to work, the reality of the effects of this condition may be hitting home in a way that they were not able to before. Read as much as you can online about Aspergers and Autism and, as soon as your health systems are able to offer you a check, get checked and get support. You could also try reading "The Squiggly Career".
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