Anyone else hate their job?
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Anyone else hate their job, but don't know what to do with the rest of their life???
I get no job satisfaction from my job. Pay isn't great and I leave everyday with a headache..
My big problem is, my only motivation right now is not wanting to work at the job I'm at. I have ideas about what I'd like to do, but until I make a 100% certain decision, I can't get those ideas going.. Last time I made a 100% decision I wasted 5 years of college. :(
I haven't a clue what a really want to do. I'm going to be 30 in the fall and feel like I'm 10 years behind in life. :(
I get no job satisfaction from my job. Pay isn't great and I leave everyday with a headache..
My big problem is, my only motivation right now is not wanting to work at the job I'm at. I have ideas about what I'd like to do, but until I make a 100% certain decision, I can't get those ideas going.. Last time I made a 100% decision I wasted 5 years of college. :(
I haven't a clue what a really want to do. I'm going to be 30 in the fall and feel like I'm 10 years behind in life. :(
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I also work for the devil, that is AT&T!
You are definitely not alone. My husband used to be like that. He hated his job passionately but didn't know what he wanted to do in place of it. He was actually looking at a handful of different ideas for grad school when I became pregnant. He took another job after we left Chicago that has turned out to be a lot more interesting and very good for us financially...but I know that he still would love to go back to school someday to do one of several different and unrelated fields.
Don't think of it as being ten years behind. There is no deadline. Just live your life and try different things. There's no real reason to put pressure on yourself...especially when you are single.
Yesterday was one of those days I would love to tell them fuck off and dont talk to me like I am a 5 year old, but I really need the paycheck.
it's such a catch22- if I had gotten one of those other jobs, I'd be happier at work but stressed about money. I'm already stressed about money in this job!
Now here I am starting grad school in September so I can get certified to teach elementary school. It makes me want to kick myself for not just doing it in undergrad, I could have been a teacher already!!!!
The best is when my husband starts to tease me and says, "wow bet you wish you didnt get that degree in art" oohhhh that makes me wanna get violent!
Why don't you temp or do contract work for a bit (not sure how well that works in the US). Try different jobs/industries/crafts for which you have the skills and that you thing might interest you. At 30 you still have loads of time in front of you.
You just described exactly how I feel. It sucks.
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hey man where the hell you been hiding????? good to see you back!
But at the time, when you did your art degree, you were doing something you really wanted to do and was fulfilling. Definitely not a waste of time, just something extra that you now have. OK, so you'll be a teacher a few years later than initially possible, but is that so bad? I bet you had a few good years doing that art degree!
exactly. plus, what you want changes over time. no use having a regret about a decision that was the right one several years ago.
actually, I do sometimes regret not being a natural science major. but I know that at the time, social science was a better choice. It's just up to me to make my past decisions work for me now.
But there are many pros: I value education so a masters degree is nothing regret. I learned a lot in in my drawing and painting degree (and would like to think I'm a darn good artist) and I got into a good school for my masters.
I wasnt trying to complain too much, just more like being a teacher now would be a lot nicer then the job I have now, which I hate.
It's funny. I have the opposite regret. I started as an art major, then switched to creative writing...only to then switch to business/technical writing so I could get a job. Now here I am, not even working...and I wish I'd spent all that time continuing to pursue my passions rather than taking classes that were about as creative as filling out crossword puzzles.
Hell YEAH. I booked 2 weeks holiday off work so i can look for another job. I look forward to the day i hand my notice in, it's gonna be SWEET!
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Well I do have a huge math test tomorrow..hmm...
Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
RNDM- 11/27/12
PEARL JAM- 12/6/13 I have finally seen Pearl Jam live!
Math is overrated IMO. 2+2 is 4 and 3 x 3 is six. Or something like that. :?
Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
RNDM- 11/27/12
PEARL JAM- 12/6/13 I have finally seen Pearl Jam live!
I used to like my job...I used to travel every so often and enjoyed the work I was doing and the people I worked with. We got new management about a year ago and a lot of things have changed for the worse. We hired people that don't want to work and we can't get rid of them, the environment is very cliquish, people make up lies about others and bad mouth people for no reason, the people I supervise have bad attitudes and I end up having to pick up the slack to get things done, management keeps throwing more stuff for me to do because they know I can do it vs the other people who don't. There's no incentive to do well anymore though. It's a paycheck..nothing else and my motivation is at an all time low.