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God, you reminded me what an energy drain it was to be in such a situation. I hear you there. I hope you'll take good care of yourself in your daily routines wh

God, you reminded me what an energy drain it was to be in such a situation. I hear you there. I hope you'll take good care of yourself in your daily routines while you get this bigger-picture issue sorted. > I think I'd love a job as an architect, but that's unobtainable from my current level. You do seem like the exact kind of person who would benefit from using an architect's tools and perspectives. Fortunately being big-picture tools in large part, they are very readily adaptable to any process you want. IDEO design interviews and videos on YT, and lectures on systems thinking are sometimes a fun way to rekindle this type of mindset for problem-solving purposes. (An open-ended, architectural process of designing the system that will get you into your next fulfilling position? Not everybody can do that, but based on what you wrote, you'd go to the front of my line...)

giantg2 5y ago
Thanks! "An open-ended, architectural process of designing the system that will get you into your next fulfilling position?" It's certainly a challenging task. There are some significant constraints in my situation. I'm tempted to just not care, let them eventually fire me, and find a low stress job like working at Lowe's. It's boring but the expectations at $11/hr f you money at the opposite end of the spectrum (as in you don't pay me enough to care).
- themodelplumber 5y ago
  yw. The temptation makes sense to me. I know a lot of people who have done something similar. I remember one who was a top salesman at a solar company, but totally burnt out. He had four custom houses in locations around the world; he sold them all & narrowed down his possessions into a single carry-on. Broke up with his GF and poof, his new interim life had started. He jumped around to a few different positions (f-u-style) before eventually re-anchoring. In a lot of cases this is something like a personal transformation process, as well, or can be described as such...

giantg2 5y ago

Thanks! "An open-ended, architectural process of designing the system that will get you into your next fulfilling position?" It's certainly a challenging task. There are some significant constraints in my situation. I'm tempted to just not care, let them eventually fire me, and find a low stress job like working at Lowe's. It's boring but the expectations at $11/hr f you money at the opposite end of the spectrum (as in you don't pay me enough to care).

themodelplumber 5y ago
yw. The temptation makes sense to me. I know a lot of people who have done something similar. I remember one who was a top salesman at a solar company, but totally burnt out. He had four custom houses in locations around the world; he sold them all & narrowed down his possessions into a single carry-on. Broke up with his GF and poof, his new interim life had started. He jumped around to a few different positions (f-u-style) before eventually re-anchoring. In a lot of cases this is something like a personal transformation process, as well, or can be described as such...