I’m a professional (executive) chef at a fine dining establishment. I have been working the the culinary field for over 20 years. I continuously run into the problem of maintaining a job for a prolong periods of time. I struggle to maintain a job for longer than a year. I am struggling from burnout, with the 40+ hours a week. The refusal to exploit or be exploited for labor. I have talked with my therapist continually about what I can do to fight this but it seems to be a continuous problem. I live in a rather small “big city” and feel like I am running out of options of places to work because of the city size. I would love to leave the culinary field but I don’t feel like I can afford it. With the sky rocketing price of school, than does seem like a viable option either. I have talked with my wife (who is also audhd) and we have discussed moving out of the country (US), but that also is a struggle in itself. I feel really alone, worthless and unfit as a human being. I feel like everyone else is playing a game that I don’t know the rules to and I am force to continue to play it. Have any of y’all ever struggled with this? Do y’all have any insight, that I might be over looking? I’m not looking to get rich, I’m just wanting to afford my bills and not work 60+ hours a week. Any and all suggestions would be appreciated.

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    13 days ago

    Is your reputation such that you could move over to private chef on more favorable terms? Is there any way for you to gradually start networking, orienting yourself towards that kind of gig or longer term arrangement?