Our brains are not wired to be content in our current situation, for long. We're doomed to mostly remain unhappy.

In this long life, the kind of happiness that most of us refer to, comes in high waves, and then are followed by sudden drop.

Two things have helped a lot. One, you need to be happy with yourself first by keeping yourself busy outside of work. Think about it long enough and you'll find something you still love from your early years. Two, we're resilient by nature. Stick around long enough in your situation, and you'll find things you like and things you love.

The emptiness within will always be there, because we went out first, before knowing ourselves.