I Hate My Job – What You Can Do
March 21st, 2008 Filed under: Uncategorized — Small Home Business AuthorDear Stressed-Out Employee,
I understand your pain. Working at a place you hate totally sucks. It’s bad enough to suffer 90 minutes in commuter traffic. But to have to come in to deal with people who obviously require medication is just a travesty. And yes the unidentifiable stain on the seat of your pants from the subway seat will wash out.
To answer your question – does the work you do make a difference?
Maybe, maybe not. The point is you hate it regardless. Even if your job is saving one-eyed, hump backed children from third world nations. We both know you could give a rat’s booty if the customer is happy. What you do know, is that if you have to hear your co-worker pop her gum one more time, you will go totally postal.
And Naw, a vacation ain’t gonna fix your ticket.
It’s time to get out buddy. Could finding another 9 to 5 or 8 to late be the solution for you? Maybe. Some people are meant to be cogs in the system, dedicated workers to the ‘man’. That could be you. If you are lucky, there’ll be a nice 401K in it for you.
New thought here – stay with me- how about making your own money? Stop waiting for someone to give you a paycheck. Yeah how about creating a service, or a product or even teaching something you know about? Better yet do one of those things around something you love. A passion. That way when you get up to go to work it doesn’t feel like . . . well work.
Can you make a living like that? Of freaking course you can. It ain’t easy. Don’t get me wrong. There is a learning curve. You may have to pick up a friggin’ book and read. Or at least listen to a podcast. I know you have i-tunes, go download something on how to start your own business, or self-confidence, or home based businesses.
Hmm, check out Seth Godin, Barbara Sher, Barbara Winter, Valerie Young, T. Harv Eker, Robert Kiyosaki, or Robert Allen.. Anyone of those people offer tons of information on becoming financially independent or how to make a living doing something you love.
Isn’t life too darn short?
Leaving the cubicle life is scary. I get it. But can’t you feel time slipping away? Do you want your legacy to be office politics, begging for raises, and coworker gossip? Or do you want to wake up every morning content you are on the path that is meant uniquely for you?
Take it one step at a time. Change takes time. Make a plan. Get another job that is not as toxic (before you launch your own business, that is.)
But you must start to bring in income based on your terms. If you’re smart and diligent the money will come from doing something you love.
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