Maybe you are not employee material!  I certainly wasn't.  Now retired, I only worked for others for 5 years in my working life.  The rest of the time was spent on my own business, studying and so on.  We are not all cut out to work for others.  Like you, I got bored quickly and had difficulty being told what to do by others.  Work for yourself.  Pick a non-work goal (like travelling around the world) and work only enough to achieve it. Once you are enjoying life, work will be put in the proper context: a means, not an end.