The most routine job I have is domestic work. Grocery shopping, cleaning, filing, cooking, and watering the plants. I don’t hate it all, but I do need to push myself to do some of it. If I was getting paid to do it, I would do it better, but I would probably dread it even more, because I would have to do it all even more perfectly, and more regularly. In a way I am paid, or let’s say rewarded, because when I do it well, my house is calmer, my husband is happier, and there is less hanging over my head.
Do I think about quitting? Well, I could get a maid to help (usually I could, but right now my husband isn’t working, but he also is helping me do some of the chores I hate most). I could work full time right now, and do much much less of the chores at home. My husband would pick up much more of them if I was working full time. I could eat out more, to avoid having to cook and clean the kitchen, but then I would gain weight, which I don’t want, plus it would get expensive.
In conclusion, the mundane wins for me over the obligation of having to actually get up and out of the house, or be on someone else’s schedule.
In interviews I have been known to say, that what gives me great satisfaction at work is being great at my job, rather than that typical “I like a challenge” answer.
@stanleybmanly I wish I had used my looks, dress, and degree more than I did to get ahead.