Is this an executive function issue?

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I tend to (often) get stuck in front of the computer or on the phone reading about something interesting, looking at pictures etc. Sometimes it´s about my current obsession and sometimes it´s just random things I find interesting at the moment. A lot of times this happens at work and I feel so bad about it. I do the things I´m supposed to, but I know I can work harder and that´s why I feel kind of lazy.

I have realised (when I´m near 40!) I need routine and more defined duties. My work is flexible and often I can decide for myself the schedule for the day. I work as a counsellor and I have thoughts about quitting my job and study care administration because of my language skills and because I don´t want to work with people anymore. I meet people with serious problems and I don´t think that is the right thing for me (or them). Often I have real performance anxiety because I want people to get well and to be a good counsellor. Right now I´m so tired and I really need a change.

How do you function at work? Have you changed your path (regarding work) in mid-life?

I was able to quit... but prior to that I changed jobs 3 times, probably an extremely small number for some people here but still a lot for what I did... I just couldn't stand having to deal with difficult peers (starting to realize maybe it was me) in already stressful situations...


Trying very hard to reboot midlife to something that is more suited to what I am naturally good at (computers and math... not people) but I am finding it very difficult due to ZERO network and ZERO work specific skills... why do I need a $400+ certificate aimed at computer noobs when I have already built more computers than I can count including a $300 dollar router that could probably handle a small business...

and yea... what you are describing definitely sounds like an EF problem...