How Can work as a Programmer From Home?

I don't want to work. I have lack of motivation in everything.  What can I do?

  • I finished school and after few months of peace I got a job as programmer. I hate it but that's really not the only problem. I'm not interested in the money I get, I feel like I waste a lot of time inside that office, I don't find any motivation to go to work and neither to come back home. The only thing I think in the weekends is that I'll be to work again in 2 days. I can't even think I'll have to do this the rest of my life. I'm always tired, I'm depressed, I really don't have the energy to do my job well or do what I (should) enjoy (but I don't). I drink lot of cofee during the day to stay awake and work and then smoke some weed in the night to calm me down and ease my mind but I don't like this. I feel like I have to find and destroy the problems at the root and not hide them under psycoactive substances. I'm going to leave the job asap but I feel like that's the beginning of my failure and miserable life. I'll never be able to keep a job more than few months, and when I try to do something on my own I have a huge lack of energy after a little while and I can't go on, I can't think, concentrate on anything. I problably end up doing anything in my life. To Lisis: I do make some lists mentally because when I get random anxiety attacks. It doesn't help, it make it worst. I realize how much I should do and it just paralize me. I waste hours just thinking and destroying my mind with thoughts and I always feel tired. To Sharav: I saved a little. I could travel a bit and in my mind I know I should enjoy it, I'd like to do it. Then, as always, when I do something, I get that lack of energy and motivation and I just walk around and I feel like I have to, I want to enjoy that experience but I can't and I feel sad

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    1) If you are feeling depressed, please seek professional help. Self medicating is dangerous (the weed) and a professional can help you develop tools to address your situation. There is nothing wrong with getting professional help. Professional help does not mean that you need to use psychoactive substances, but being able to talk to a trained professional can be of great benefit.   2) HALT. Try not to make large decisions when you are Hungry / Angry / Lonely / Tired. It sounds like you're pretty deep in the last of them, but when we make decisions from these places, we are most likely to do ourselves harm.   3) What do you like? You mention that your time off from work is spent dwelling on / dreading the return to work, but are there things that you enjoy which you could engage in with your off time? Using your off time to 'recharge' is a positive thing.   4) Communicate with people close to you. Facing depression alone is difficult, reaching out to friends and family is a good thing. A support network you can turn to when you need to talk is immensely valuable. If you suffer in silence, the people who are best positioned to help you will have a difficult time doing so.

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Like you, I have also struggled with lack of motivation and hating my jobs (in the past, not now). 1. Dive into personal development books, videos and audio. You'll get motivation, inspiration, ideas and techniques that you can start to apply to your life. 2. Make sure you have a clean diet and do regular exercise. This will help you have a clear mind and improve your energy. 3. Make plans to find a different job or career. Sure, this might be uncomfortable to do. But there might be some cool options for you like: move to a cheap country, be an online freelancer and just work part-time do programming for non-profits or other industries that you feel more interested in save up some cash. Go travelling, try something like WWOOF http://wwoof.net/ (work on organic farms) or Workaway (work for room and board): http://www.workaway.info/. It might be fun to do for a few months. You never know who you'll meet and who will give you a new idea that you inspire you to go off in a completely unforeseen direction. Hope this helps and best of luck with the new direction that you end up taking. The fact that you're asking this question already means you're moving in a new path.

Nigel Cook

"Lemme tell you a little story. There once was a young man who wanted to make a lot of money. So he goes to a GURU to seek out his advice. He goes to him and says" I wanna be on the same level as you're on." The GURU says"If you wanna be on the same level as I'm on,I'll meet you tomorrow at the beach at 4 am". The young man says,"The Beach? I said I wanna make money,I don't wanna swim." The GURU says,"If you wanna make money,I'll meet you tomorrow. 4am." The young man got there at 4am.He was all ready to rock'n roll.He had put on a suit(should've worn shorts). The GURU grabs his hands and asks,"How bad do you wanna be successful?" The young man says" Real bad." The GURU says,"Walk out into the water." So the young man walks out into the water. As he walks further he is waist deep into the water.He thinks,"What's he got me doing?I didn't come here to swim.I don't wanna be a lifeguard.I wanna make money." The GURU says,"Don't stop,walk a little further." The young man walks a little further and now he is neck deep into the water.He thinks,"Is this man crazy? He may be rich and successful be he sure is crazy." The GURU says,"Walk out a little further". The young man walks out a little further and now his nose is barely above the water level.He thinks,"Think guy is out of his mind". He is about to go back when the GURU says,"I thought you wanted to be successful". The young man says,"I do." The GURU walks upto him and says,"Then walk out a little further." As the young man begins to walk further into the water the GURU grabs his head and puts him under water.The young man can't breathe now.He starts throwing his hands here and there in desperate attempt to get out of the water.Just before the young man was about to pass out,the GURU pulls him out and says,"I've got a question for you." Try to answer this question yourself, He asks,"When you were underwater,what did you wanted to do?" The young man replies,"Breathe".(What did you answer?) He told the guy,"When you will want to succeed as bad as you wanted to breathe,then you'll be successful." Most of you say you wanna be successful,but you don't want it bad.You just kinda want it. You don't want it as bad as you wanna party.You don't want it as bad as you wanna be cool.Most of you don't want success as much as you wanna sleep.Some of us love sleep more than we love success.And get one thing clear in your head. To become successful you've got to be willing to give up sleep.You've got to be willing to work with three hours or even two hours of sleep.If you really wanna be successful some days you'll have to stay up three days in a row.Because if you go to sleep you might miss the opportunity to become successful.That's how bad you've got to want it.You gotta wanna be successful so bad that you forget to eat.You've got an opportunity to make a dream become a reality and you've got to seize it with everything you've got. Most of you won't be successful because when you study and you get tired you quit.Many of us cry about our hardships.Don't cry to give up,cry to keep going.Don't cry to quit.You're already in pain,you're already hurt,well good,get a reward from it.Don't go to sleep until you succeed. You can be happy,you can jump up,you can be excited if someone gives you money.But you won't be successful until you won't want a dime from anyone to do what you gotta do. You won't be successful until you say,"I don't need that money.I got all I need right here,right in my heart." The most important thing is, at any moment,to be able to sacrifice what you are for what you will become. The catch here is at any moment.Some of you are ready to sacrifice when your favorite game is not on.You can make a sacrifice normally but when your favorite game comes on, for some reason you're just attached to it.Some of you can make sacrifices 6 days of a week.But on Sunday night when Game of Thrones is on you're just hooked. Some of you are addicted to your phone.If a call comes on you're like, I gotta answer it.If I don't answer it I'm gonna die. Get this,some of you, if you give up your cellphone,you'll be successful.But your cellphone is more important to you than your success.Some of you need to give up your cellphone because the time you spend on your cellphone could be used for your success.The time you should be using to achieve your dreams you're wasting on your cellphones. Some of you are like,"I'm not good at math."Well you're right,you never studied it before. "I'm not good at writing."That's because you've never written before. I dare you to fail and write for a whole year to see if you can make it to the end.I dare you to fail.I dare you to take that same class over and over again.I dare you to stop dropping classes. No matter what you've to get through to get your goal,you're going to survive it. Pain is temporary. It may last for a minute,an hour,a day or even a year but eventually it will subside,and something else will take it's place.If you quit however it will last forever. The problem is you've have become soft. You've never felt any pain before. Your parents have done everything for you. Some of you are spoiled brats. Every time you got into trouble someone from your house got you out of it. Every time you face anything hard,you quit,you call your Ma. I dare you to take a little pain. I dare you not to go home. I dare you to grow up. Many of you say I'm feeling bad,I need to go home. Don't throw it. You're not going to die. At the end of pain is success. You're not going to die because you're feeling a little pain. Many of you keep eating like you ate at home. If you keep eating like you ate at home you're gonna be a boy or a girl. It's time to become a man or a woman. So don't worry about a little pain. To be successful you've got to go from external to internal. You've got to give it everything you've got. No more TV,no more party,no more playing. You've got a 4.0 what you need to be doing is studying. Get off the phone. "I'm sorry I'm not available until the end of this year. You've reached the right number but you've called me at the wrong time.Call me back on January 1st coz I'm about to get busy now." I want you to have a countdown of your own and when the countdown is over you say to yourself, "Will the real me please stand up?". Stop being this dropout,stop being the failure,stop giving up,stop disappointing yourself,stop being afraid and be the best yourself that you can be. It may take 10 years to get a degree that normally you could get in 4,but guess what? It's doesn't say anywhere on the degree that you took 10 years to get it. But go get that degree that you've always wanted,doesn't matter how long you take. At the end of the day you should be exactly where you want to be. You've got to commit you very being to this dream of yours. You've got to breathe it,eat it,sleep it. Until you get to this point you'll never be successful. But once you get there,I guarantee you the world is for your taking. So work hard and you can have anything that you ever want." -Eric Thomas.

Devesh Chaturvedi

There is always hope and help available - and you should never have to feel like you need to do this all by yourself. I highly recommend finding a therapist to help you with your lack of motivation and self-esteem. Having a person in your life who exists solely to help you, without judgment, can be a powerful agent of change, helping you grow emotionally as well as re-framing your experiences and choices to help you get to where you want to go. As far as the therapy itself, you might want to look into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; it's great for addressing emotional depression, overactive or distracted thinking, and lack of impulse control and motivation. You can learn more about it here: http://www.adaa.org/finding-help/treatment/therapy. If you have health insurance, you are likely able to pick from any number of local private practices and therapists. Or, if you are without health insurance or would maybe like to try therapy before committing to it fully, hospitals, clinics, community centers like the YMCA, and even religious centers are great places to find immediate, often low- or no-cost therapeutic support. Group therapy (which is also often low-cost of free) can connect with you other people who feel the same way you do, which can be very cathartic and help with motivation and self-esteem. There is no right or wrong way to struggle. Know that you are not alone and that you have many options. There is always a reason to live on, and you deserve to create a full and satisfying life on your own terms. I wish you the best as you navigate - and conquer - these complex and difficult feelings.

Michael Clatch

There are a few things you can do, but I feel a lot of this will depend on your ability to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. 1. Make smaller, specific, easy to achieve goals. Once you have achieved those, bigger ones fall in to place and start becoming easier. If you were overweight, you wouldn't start running 10 miles a day to lose weight, would you? Probably not. It's healthier for you and your mind to start off small and work from there. 2. See a therapist and psychiatrist. I found that at least part of my loss of motivation was due to depression. Taking an antidepressant has helped to alleviate some of that and now I am more passionate about the things I love. Talking to a therapist can help you improve your thoughts and motivation. This is also a good idea so you can remove the jealousy -- it's hard to grow personally when you're  constantly comparing yourself to others. 3. Maintain good overall health. This includes eating enough and properly, getting adequate sleep (consistently), exercising, getting checkups, and seeing the dentist. When your body isn't stressed with the task of avoiding dying, your brain is free to focus on some more self-actualization. Reduce other stress factors in your life if you are aware of them. 4. Just live. Each of us has our own story. Don't make goals based on what others want out of your life, do what you want to do and what you think will make you happy. If you go to university, or have graduated from a university, check out their Career Services office - you may be able to talk to a career coach who will help you make an action plan to get you where you want to go.

Lojjik Braughler

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