Dunno how else to call it. Got me a job. It’s not a bad job. I like the work I do, I tolerate the people there, the hours are not long, it’s unionised so they can’t harrass me when I’m off the clock, it pays the bills I got.
… But god damn. Once I’m home I lack the drive to do literally anything.
I’ve stopped going to gym, I often eat junk cuz I just don’t wanna cook, even my hobbies are being left to gather dust. After working my 9-to-5 I just wanna lie down and rot until it’s work time again.
So the question is, how do the better-adjusted adults handle this?
You develop coping patterns to adjust to the bullshit of having to work 40 hours a week for shelter and food and whatever other necessities capitalism has captured while advances in technology and increased populations should have brought hours down to <20 decades ago without a wealth class leaching off the working class & pushing propaganda to divide us.
Find something that does motivate you if old hobbies no longer do. Political or union activity, music, exercise and take a more active role in your wellness, maintaining friendships, whatever can help keep you from becoming cynical or compliant to authority.
Goal setting also has helped keep me active when I start to feel that way. A to-do list for short term goals to keep accomplishing little things, and a long term goal like a vacation next summer, or an event you need to prepare for, etc. If you’re feeling a lack of meaning or purpose helping other people or having a life long goal that’s good to strive for but unobtainable can provide fulfilling purpose for many.