Hi guys,

I've always been the kind of guy that doesn't like monotony, from the big to the small things in life. I let myself get used to a life of constant change which seems to clash with having a decent career/job. I'm assuming I'm not the first man in history to have this issue so I'm wondering what other guys deal with this…

Did you find a career path that doesn't feel monotonous even after years?

Did you just suck it up? "Work is work, do it and go home" kind of thing?


17 comments

  1. Military has been good for that. I think the longest I’ve had one “job” was 3 years, and that was broken up by a deployment.

  2. Become a teacher. It’s the same shit every day, but also every day is new and you have a different challenges.

  3. I’m totally a “work is work, do it and go home” type of guy. I see it as a way to make a living, and not an avenue for purpose or personal fulfillment, which I think helps me remain unattached and unbothered by it.

  5. I work an ever shifting job in an intense career in shift work and I only work a few days a week. Keeps things lively. I don’t even know what a routine is.

  6. By finding a job where no two days are the same. I’m an attorney for my state, always doing something different. Plenty of attorney roles where this isn’t the case and I spent 7 years in one and it drove me insane, much happier where I am now.

  7. I realised I don’t actually hate routine. I hate feeling mentally stagnant.
    The trick is finding work where the problems, people keeps changing even if the work structure remains the same. Stability becomes easier to tolerate when there’s still growth involved.

  8. It’s a cliche but I don’t live to work, I work to live. Yeah, 8 or 9 hours a day, five days a week, I have a routine. However that routines funds all the rest of my time.

    The other option is to get into a job where it’s “always different” but even that usually ends up being the same thing or a similar thing, just in a different place.

  9. I look at it as the thing that pays for my mortgage and my lifestyle outside the office.

  10. This may actually help rather than hinder. Most companies (that I’ve worked for anyway) want people who aren’t going to remain complacent in their role and are communicative about their desires to move around and be challenged.

  11. job hopping every 2-3 years scratched that itch better than any single career did. recruiters love it now too.

  13. Find a job that you don’t hate. That’s all you need. Not something you necessarily love, but something you can tolerate. Then, in your off time, do whatever the fuck you want and enjoy life.

  14. I’ve found a career path that allows me to often switch focus and deep dive into a new topic. It’s kind of become my competency, and something that’s valued by my employer(s).

    So yeah, find something where being able to adapt easily to change is considered a strength

  15. Sales jobs after awhile it does get routine but different trying to sell new customers everyday and its one of the few careers where the harder you work the more money you make theres incentive to go above and beyond which is rare

  16. I found a job that gave me enough flexibility I could move it around, or do it in different ways when things got too monotonous. It wasn’t a huge difference, but it was enough that I didn’t feel like I was trapped stamping licence plates every day.

  17. What is the problem here? Is being succesful and properly keeping a roof on your head too monotonous? Try living without money and tell me thats too exciting.

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