To begin I'm well liked by my rehab coworkers/interdisciplinary team and patients. Going out of my way to help aides render care, fix wheelchairs, long term patients like me to the point of consistently requesting me as their therapist and a few times discharged patients invite me for get togethers (which I decline). Pay is okay too...

But despite all of this I secretly hate working in OT as I find it boring and useless on top of a huge caseload at the city rehab center I work at. Patient families keep patronizing me for a career i think is overrated and not as impressive as say an engineer, nurse, soldier etc... I hate being associated as a therapist; I find it annoying how NBCOT keeps asking how if i find pride in my work or how my Asian family/friends are proud of me being an OT when in fact I don't care about it. I roll my eyes everytime former classmates/friends send me memes or invites about OT stuff. I'm sticking for now with OT for the money while seeking a different career, but I see I might be stuck working in OT.

For those maybe like me who see this, how do you manage? Tried discussing about my with friends and family to no avail. Change schedules to reduce burnout, join an online "I hate my Job" group and/or simply suck it up are a few things I considered so far... anything out there?

EDIT: Found a possible solution with my identiy crisis by continuing working in ot for the financial stability while pursuing my true passion with film/photography as the side. Additionally remove online/social media data regarding my role in ot and replace with filmographer/photographer to supress people recognizing me as an ot.