I think I just got flat out bored with my job. Please help!

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Ok so here is the situation.

I have been working in retail for about 6 years. During my third year at it I noticed that I did not have the enthusiasim nor the pride in my job that I had when I started. I mean after all us Aspies are not known for lasting long in retail jobs. But I did.....I lasted six years in the grocery section of a Kroger retail store. I had the help of a professional University Disability Services Organization flat out tell me how to plan out my daily tasks. And it worked I got all my tasks completed in a timely manner. So that went on for about three years. Then it was around my fourth year with the company that I started to complain that I was bored. No one I knew had any good advice except for alcohol which I don't think would be very effective.

Tonight the store manager called me into his office and asked if I was happy with my productivity level. I said no because I knew that my productivity level had slipped around my 4th year being there.....Anyway he decided that the best solution was to put me on night shift..... I will do what I have to do in order to achieve my goal.

So long as the night shift is not going to stuff up your sleeping pattern.
I couldn't do that; I've tried doing night work, shift work, and various other things, but I am an early riser, a lark rather than an owl.
You could always tell your boss if you think the night shift won't work, that you are willing to try something.
There could be some merit in being honest with him, letting him know you want something more challenging, but need some sort of routine.
6 years is a long time, and they owe you something so far as trying to find you a right fit if you are willing to remain loyal to them, especially if you're honest with them, tell they you like working there, but need something different to make you feel engaged and appreciated.

Maybe it's just me, but I reach a point where a job no longer "stimulates" me. It's the same old routine, which might be okay if I like the work environment and pay, but really, I want a change of pace. I think people with AS may need to be moved into a new job just to keep things "challenging" once they become bored with what they have mastered. Granted, it should be a move that's good for them, but still, change helps keep a person engaged in the employer's business.

. I think people with AS may need to be moved into a new job just to keep things "challenging" once they become bored with what they have mastered. Granted, it should be a move that's good for them, but still, change helps keep a person engaged in the employer's business That is what Zeronetgain said and I could not agree more than I do now!

Bored at work?

Welcome to adulthood.

I appreciate the heads up but that does not offer me any solutions.