Struggling to Find a Stable Job with ADHD: Any Advice?

Can you make your own job up with something you enjoy doing? I love arts and crafts which is interchangeable many ways (as to not get bored "ASD&ADHD") so I made a business doing arts and crafts with people within the community and it works around me and my own needs whilst also being mentally stimulating...could you maybe work on something that you enjoy?

It is a on going struggle in my life. I get you. I am 46 and had so many different jobs in different countries, I can't remember half of them. Writing a cv was always a stressful task. I am now looking for jobs that really interest me and made me fulfil emotionally. I don't work Monday to Friday. Different schedule, keep the dullness away. And kept me interested.

Honning skills that allow you to change the subject of what you're working with can be helpful, such as project management or event planning or data science?

Think back to when you were younger and try to remember what brought you the most joy. Mine was helping others take care of themselves, so I've worked in healthcare most of my life. It has brought me tremendous joy. It isn't a job for everyone, but that's what has been something that I've loved doing my entire life

I get it. Sometimes I wonder about what I want to actually do with myself later on in my life. I currently work in a factory, and since I'm put on different machines each day it's got variety enough that I'm not totally bored, plus they let us listen to our own music. I reckon a job doesn't have to be a passion, and if I tried to find a job that was my passion it would no longer be my passion, because I struggle with keeping the enjoyment of something alive with deadlines/relying on it. I don't enjoy things anymore when I absolutely have to do them. It's like if you're cleaning your room willingly, but your mom walks in and says "You need to clean this right now!" and the motivation is gone. My solution to this, and this is just my preference, is that I found myself a job that I never have to take home. I work at work, then I go home, and I don't have to worry about my job. Each day is a new day, a clean slate basically, for me to do repetitive tasks for 8 hours. At the end of it I can go home and do things I actually enjoy, like art, without any of the pressure that I need to do it to make money. As for you, you'll have to find out what you'd like to do with yourself. You don't have to love your job- it's work, it's not called play- but finding it okay helps. If you can't find something you adore, it's okay to do something that's decent and leave the things you love most for your home life.

I relate to this a lot, I'm currently in college and I just picked a degree as a fallback because I felt like I had to pickj something but I've realized I don't want to do it as my career forever and it's hard to know where to go from here. I can't stand having every day and week be the same I get so bored. Im sorry I don't really have advice for you cause I'm in a similar place but I wanted you to know that other people feel this way and are also struggling with this. You're not alone and I know there are people like us who have found fulfilling careers and lives.

I can relate somewhat. I felt like it was impossible to find a job. And the jobs I did get, I couldn't keep up with the work expected of me. I ended up finding something that I didn't know was even a job. How long have you had a job? No job will always be something you're ecstatic to go to. If you've never had a job for more than 2 months, it would be a good idea to stick it out for a little while, and then make a pros/cons list of the qualities of your current job to figure out if you should stay.

I would look into contract employment or freelance work. There are plenty of jobs out there that don't require 9-5 and can still be very fulfilling and exciting work. You make your own hours and can change whatever type of work you want to do however often you want. Some jobs that are different every day include blogging, photography, web design, social media management, tutoring for a company like Varsity Tutors (who have a very wide variety of subjects to choose from), or consultant on whatever subject you choose.