I'm fairly early in my career and I've still had moments where I felt the same way. The way I dealt with them is by accepting that this is just a job. Whenever

I'm fairly early in my career and I've still had moments where I felt the same way. The way I dealt with them is by accepting that this is just a job. Whenever there's an argument, unless I'm going to end up doing something completely distasteful I generally go with the flow. This has both cut down on bikeshedding, and helped me save my energy and attention for things I care about. Of course, this isn't going to work for everyone. The way I thought of it was in terms of the Gervais principle[1], particularly this section: > The Losers like to feel good about their lives. They are the happiness seekers, rather than will-to-power players, and enter and exit reactively, in response to the meta-Darwinian trends in the economy. But they have no more loyalty to the firm than the Sociopaths. They do have a loyalty to individual people, and a commitment to finding fulfillment through work when they can, and coasting when they cannot. Feels odd to admit you're a loser, but hey, it works for me. 1: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/ https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...