I wonder if you subconsciously crave more contact with your colleagues and clients. Perhaps try to up this over a few weeks see how you feel after.
Tell HN: I have the perfect job, why is it not enough?
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#13Accept the dissatisfaction :)
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#14I used to worry about never being satisfied. Then I hit some burnout where I had no ambition and was depressed. It is much better to keep wanting more. Wanting more means you are alive and motivated. Nurture and continue to enjoy that feeling.
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#15Don't know I like my job I need to work on the other things in my life like finding a SO and exercise.
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#16Some people are happy enough living through an 'I' perspective (I have this, I have that). Some people can't be happy with that, and look for happiness through success as some kind of 'we' (we as a family, we as a community, we as a race or gender or class or followers of a religion, we as a nation, we as a species, we as a planet). Or maybe some other moral formulation.
Certainly the easy path, if you can stomach it, is to satisfy yourself with personal material success. But you might need something else. Congrats, you're human.
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#17This makes me think of Anthony Bourdain, the man who had probably the most envied job in the world, but still suffered from depression and took his own life.
A perfect job does not prevent or cure depression.
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#18start lifting, hire a trainer to do it right and safely
see what your body can do, it is clear that your mind has accomplished a lot
the contentment of a great workout is hard to beat
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#19Wanting to be more is the human condition.
Don't dislike it, don't worry about it, just embrace it.
This too is sacred.
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#20Sounds like the job is technically interesting, but doesn’t really have deeper purpose. Maybe find a job where you’d feel you’re doing something meaningful?