[onewhippedpuppy]

Venting a little here, so bear with me. I moved into a position of substantially greater responsibility a few months ago, and did so with great anticipation. After getting into it, I'm bored out of my mind. For a little background, I SUCK at relaxing. I am on the go all day long, which is both a blessing and a curse. I move quickly at everything that I do, I'm one of those people often described as only having one speed. I am at my best when totally buried in work, and the more pressure the better. When I don't have a heavy workload or pressure, I tend to quickly lose interest and drift away, which is where I'm at right now.

I'm in a position where everything has a lag. Assign a task, wait for a week for a response because that shared resource has other priorities. I personally am doing far more work than is typical for my position just to keep busy. The work is mundane, not technically challenging, and frankly not all that interesting. I've requested additional work, which yielded a project that is currently even slower paced. I'm trying to see the silver lining, which is that I can work 8 hours then head home for the day, but deep down it's driving me insane which is spilling over into my family time.

Anyone else have a similar problem? Other than getting a new job or drinking heavily, any thoughts on how to stay focused and engaged when bored at work? I plan to talk with my boss about it (again), but am concerned about the result because I don't know what he can give me of interest. Busy work is probably even worse than having no work at all.