> MalcontentHero -" I don't see how I'll ever reach any of my life goals."

Ok, but I don't believe you ever said what these goals are. In a way, I agree with you in that doing a job simply for the sake of earning a paycheck can be boring. Of course, we all NEED those paychecks, so maybe that's why it's called WORK.

Still, I think it should be possible to find some sort of employment which also serves to get you closer to your goals....whatever they may be.

Waaaay back in my high school days I took a typing class. As an exercise, the teacher had us type "Know what you like to do, then do it as well as you can." We probably typed it a thousand times. Many years later, I realized she was giving us more than a typing exercise.