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What about little or no will to do things?

Hi everybody,

I was wondering if someone has ever experienced this kind of "chronic fatigue" or simply put, lack of will or energy to do simple things.

My current status: I work as a CIO for two countries in a big company. I have a strong technical background (more than 15 years) and now I have to deal with many different problems (specially company politics), aside of pure technical situations. My main problem, as I mentioned before, is the chronic lack of energy to do things apart from my job. I always wanted to learn french and german or to read more books (I used to read 4 or 5 books a month), but when I get home, I don?t want to do anything but rest. I?ve tried everything: meditation, medication, exercise (I do some workout regularly), 8-hour sleep cycles, balanced food, etc., but nothing seems to work, or at least, to have lasting effects.

Lately, I?ve been experiencing concentration and lack of focus problems, which is bad for my job. It seems that the problem is starting to affect my work as well.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

TOPICS: Life Hacks
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A month of recovery for...

A month of recovery for each month of "overdoing?"

Man, I'll never recover at this rate....

It is interesting though. I did tech work for 4 years, and was glad to leave when I got my present job. I've been here 4 years, and the thoughts "I wonder if I could still do tech work" are piling up in my brain.

My friend broke it down this way: If you truly love what you are doing, no distractions or politics or other nonsense will keep you from doing it.

Another viewpoint...

 
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