An Uncomfortable Truth
this is entirely how I feel when it comes to the job I ended up in. And the terrible part is that I am not sure either how to get out or where to go. Its a fucking mess.
It sucks to admit the truth but maybe thats step one here. I am miserable at work and its not getting any better. Now I gotta figure out how to deal with that. What am I passionate about? What would I like to do if money wasn’t the object? How do i get back to waking up and wanting to go to work in the morning? Because right now I wake and want to do anything but. I don’t have answers to any of these questions. That is what we can call a problem. But I haven’t the foggiest as to where to find a solution.
November 13th, 2013 at 8:28 pm
You have been miserable at that job for quite a while now….
November 15th, 2013 at 7:21 am
I haven’t had this job for that long…. the old job was unfulfilling but not misery inducing.
November 20th, 2013 at 7:03 am
That quote is the truth. I, too, am dealing with a less than stellar job–that is also getting worse. Right now it’s sort of the ‘frog in the pot’ problem: each semester gets a little worse. A few more hours, a little more paperwork, a new contract here, an additional medical check up/ criminal background check there. It’s all slowly adding up. The worst part is that I’ve done a poor job of preparing for this sort of thing, so I don’t have a lot of options.
On top of all of that, I now realize that in order to continuing working in my field I need a PhD. (Since when do you *need* a PhD to teach, anyway? Man, standards have sure gotten tough.) Anyway, I’ve gotta go back to grad school, and that’s a whole ‘nother problem.
I feel for you, bud. Just hang in there. As long as you’re working on the problem, you’re making progress.