I've been thinking about how a job you mostly like can still mess with your head, then I remembered, "Oh, right. There's a word for this. Burnout."
I like most of my job, though the percentage is dropping. I'm good at it and I do get to wring some satisfaction out of it. Yet I increasingly feel like a hamster on a wheel. I had hoped to retire by the end of 2024 but now its looking more like 2025. I feel so tired.
Burnout.
@Indefinite_Article There is no particularly good time to pull the trigger on retirement. You just have to do it. Our life's work gives us so many anchors that are hard to give up. It took me awhile to adjust. Thing is, I'm busier today then when I was working. But today, I'm doing things I enjoy and get a kick out of. Like I said, it's an adjustment. MHO; YMMV.
@SSNBubblehead
I think about the anchors you mention all the time. Worry that retirement means losing all sense of identity. Not to mention the income questions. The list of what I think I'd enjoy is uncomfortably short, like my sense of possibility got amputated over the years.