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> I'm not so good at grinding out tasks that just need to be done. I tend to try to find ways to avoid doing a lot of repetitive nonsense work, which means I usually try to find ways to automate it or negate the need for it.

Work on yourself, you're like everyone else. One of my boss used to say: if you enjoy doing it, it's not work. And it's kind of true, no actual job comes without annoying things to do. There is always something that you don't want to do that needs doing.

In my opinion, the key to this problem is to try and understand how and why your repetitive and annoying tasks are relevant to a broader "mission". Try to find a sense of accomplishment. Carpentry work is full of these repetitive tasks, but once you finish a project, it must feel pretty good.

The other solution is to take a job that is zero-thinking, pure execution, and do it part time, then tinker on the side. The zero-thinking job can be pretty meditative, if it's physical, can be good for your body too, and it brings some money in, so it can actually be good to reduce the stress level overall, and if you do it part time, you won't have a sense of losing your time that much.

Just some thoughts.