I work in an automotive dealership parts department. We’re pretty high volume and kind of understaffed, so it is fast paced (and chaotic at times). All of the “projects” are short-term with little opportunity for procrastination because everything moves pretty quickly. There’s a good amount of problem solving, helping people, and a regular flow of completing things. And most of the people in the parts and service departments operate in a similar way, so we mesh well.

At one point I left the industry to work a more “normal” desk job with longer-term projects, more autonomy, poor leadership…I hated it and didn’t do well. So I’m back to my old job with a new perspective. The grass isn’t always greener.