Have you ever questioned why you bother?

Right now, in exam stress and sitting on the bed all day due to a broken ankle, I question why I try so hard to motivate myself to do my best when it doesn’t make a difference to anyone. It seems whatever I do, no matter how hard I try, it is never enough for people.

I wonder why I am in school. Back in the day, having a degree pretty much guaranteed that person a good job. Now, not so much. the fact that I could be going to school, which is extremely stressful and intrusive, and taking out loans only to find out that I don’t get a good job from it.
I also wonder why I bother to always try to do the right thing because it’s gotten me nowhere thus far, and everyone else is having a ball living the lives they do.
I guess I just need to know that my efforts will result in a payoff someday soon.
And what @queenie said. A lot of people have no idea how hard others work to appear normal.

All my short term situations make me feel that the only reason that I exist is to pay for things. When I look at the big picture this forms, it makes me ask why I bother indeed, other than getting drunk at the end of the day. Cheers!

Today I wondered why do I even bother to try to design when my boss thinks he is the best designer in the world and he’ll only be truly happy if I make something exactly as he says!
either way I get paid the same