Currently I am a uni student, working 4 days a week during the summer, moving to about 3 during term time.
Every day I’m not working I feel tired constantly, regardless of amount of sleep. I push through anyways to get the work that needs done finished, then sit down and just collapse basically. I wouldn’t even call it relax, just sit and switch off.
I don’t have any energy or motivation to play games anymore, even though I used to play avidly. I play guitar but it’s been feeling like I’m not getting as much out of it now…
Once I’m out of uni, I’ll be in full-time and, if I get into the industry I want, more mentally taxing work.
In short, is there something I’m missing here, or is work-eat-sleep-repeat all there is until I retire? Cause frankly I’m more sure I can be arsed if not…
EDIT
Thanks for the responses, I kinda posted this in a moment of hopelessness for life and I don’t really know what I wanted as a response.
Asking for the meaning of life? Lemmy’s great and all, but I don’t think I’ll find it here lmao
Regardless, there’s a few things here for me to look into and take further, so thank you again!
If this is to close for comfort for rule 3, feel free to delete mods
Your metabolic health is trash, your gut bacteria is probably shot, and good chance you have sleep apnea. They’re all related. Low metabolic health causes sleep apnea. Crap diet causes you to be fat which causes sleep apnea. Poor gut health means low nutrient absorption so you’re more tired. Sleep apnea means you’re even more tired. Tired people eat like crap.
Go find a good dietician. Fix your gut. Eat strictly only non processed foods. Exercise 30+ min a few times per week.
It’s hard as hell to start doing all those things, but once you have the routine you’ll feel amazing. Diet fix first though. Without nutrients you can’t do anything.
Take internet diagnoses with a grain of salt but honestly this is a good list of things to at least investigate. Sleep health, diet, and exercise would put 90% of doctors out of business if people just took care of them (source on that: my doctor).
I would add depression to the list. Depression is not what most people think it is, and it can manifest with some of the symptoms listed here. Talk to a general doctor about it as a starting point.
Also it should go without saying that any addictions that may be involved should be addressed as well.