The bottom line folks, in this world if you don't have a magnetic personality you better be either be very talented or very good looking , because otherwise you're up for an uphill bumpy road. If you merely want to live a simple life and get by you WILL be targeted by those trapped in the matrix, even if you're harmless.
Quoting: Manu-Koelbren MK,
it is a kind of trap to be seen as very promising when you are young. You expect more out of yourself then.
But real success is not in a job title. It is in inner peace.
It sounds like you do not have inner peace - to me, THAT is the problem. The coldness of your co-workers is not good, but it will not be as troubling if you yourself have peace.
For me, you are a success already.
You have a job in a country with huge unemployment.
You are asking the right questions, the ones that do change lives.
The change may not be a change in jobs, but in your viewpoints.
I also am "under-employed" compared to the promise of my younger days. And I am really tired much of the time.
You must be competent in what you do - would you be able to work for the government? No kidding, they have somewhat less of the dog-eat-dog, you- must-get- ahead mentality.
I wish you the best of luck with your music.
But she is a tough boss too!
So how might you reach inner peace - what would work for you, OP?