I have a somewhat repetitive job that rarely sees me 'complete' anything. While I generally love the challenge of project work, weeks and weeks on end of cycling without getting closer to your destination can get disheartening. I have found that the lack of achievement can be quite depressing. Despite working ten to twenty hours a day, I never finish anything. I say the same things at meetings week after week and the risks I identified months ago are not being mitigated.
All this adds up to very low job satisfaction. If it weren't for the amazing people I work with, I would have resigned a long time ago. I have, however, found a way to cope with this. Apart from my somewhat addictive need to complete a level of candy crush on a weekly basis, I find that I get the most out of my day if I dedicate an hour each morning to a task BEFORE opening my email. This approach means that I get a chunk of dedicated time to a single task of my choosing before getting distracted by what everyone else wants me to do.
Like training first thing in the morning, it doesn't matter what happens in the rest of the day as I have managed to accomplish something towards the end goal. It sets a happier tone for the remainder of the day and allows me to walk away in the evening with some satisfaction and sense of accomplishment even if I didn't 'finish' anything.
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