How do you do it?

How do you wake up every day, go to work, and be productive when you know you could be doing something better?

I'm under contract right now until the end of February, trying to be the "bigger person". After having been thrown under the bus a couple times I should have left much earlier but it was bad timing and I needed the experience. I have to tell myself it's only temporary but, man, it's getting harder. Every day I can hardly tear myself away from bed to go to work and face clients. My new boss, though nice on the surface, is actually a power-tripping micromanager which does not bode well with an ambitious, creative person like myself. It's soul-crushing.

The irony is, I have to simultaneously begin the soul-searching experience of finding a new job. I should look forward to new beginnings, right? But after a few years and several new jobs, when will the rat chase end? Friends and family tell me, "Just keeping working hard and you'll eventually find your calling." In the meantime, I can only watch them in awe as they work through the hard times with calm insight and near-effortless perfection.

What I'd really like, for the moment, is a snooze button on my childhood.