Not a BBAW post, not a Review - What is the World Coming To?

I am getting to the point in the job search where I don’t know what to do in order to actually get a new job. It has been a long time since I started applying and unemployment in the West Midlands is reportedly going down, yet here I am still in the same job.

I am finding myself so unmotivated at my current job. I can’t get myself interested in work at all and that leads to me putting off tasks until the last minute, not giving my full concentration to tasks and inevitably making mistakes. I used to be a good employee. I swear I was interested and I took on even the dull tasks with dedication even if I didn’t enjoy them. It makes me feel really ungrateful to coast along, because these people are paying me and at least I have a job when others don’t. At the same time a prevalent company culture is contributing to my lack of motivation and my lack of motivation just encourages the slacker part of my personality to kick in.

I know that I’ve got to get my motivation levels back up by myself, because the company culture isn’t going to change. I have to get back into this job if I don’t currently have any opportunity to leave, not just so that I become a decent employee again, but so that I don’t go into a depressed spiral. So, I guess I’m here asking for tips and tricks. What do you do when the general tasks you absolutely have to do at work get you down? How do you get back into the mood to work hard and well?