What has given you feelings of accomplishment or fulfilment in the past? Try not to think about it in terms of job positions or responsibilities but more generally. What aspects or activities have brought you happiness in the past? For me I genuinely get satisfaction from helping others. It can be mundane and boring or stupid but as long as I can actually make a difference in someone else's day I can turn that into satisfaction and fulfillment. Sure, developing a system or project, planning and implementing it can be very rewarding but it's so much work and I can get burnt out easily before I get there. On the other hand, changing the batteries in a user's mouse and giving them advice on how to utilize their 2nd monitor more efficiently while I'm there gives me so much more instant gratification than so many other IT tasks.It's not perfect, and neither am I, but I find it helps me to focus on the people.
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