I can’t take it anymore!
I’ve been working in the advertising field for nine years, and I have been working in my current agency for almost seven years. The idea of quitting has been haunting me for the past three years, but I always tried to oppress it by trying to highlight the positive side of my job which is mainly the working environment and how lucky I am to have a sweetheart boss, and how I am being appreciated at this job regardless of the stress, late nights, my boss’s swinging mood, crappy clients…and lately the feeling that I don’t fit anymore with the crowd in the agency.
I hate Sunday nights. I drag myself out of bed every day to go to work. I get stomach cramps when I get a phone call from my boss on my mobile. I don’t feel motivated anymore!
When a new client calls in, I wish and pray that they don’t proceed with us because I don’t want any more extra work!
Nothing excites me anymore in this job.
Last but not least, I don’t see myself in this career in the future. However, I feel so lost. I want to quit but I don’t know what I will do next. I don’t want to stay home doing nothing. I know I can go crazy! As well as everybody thinks I am crazy to take this step!
~Worker Living in EGYPT
Only we know when Enough is Enough…is it enough yet?
You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live
Today’s Workplace Entry is from Egypt:
- Official Language: Arabic
- Currency: Egyptian pounds
- Cleopatra was the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt. She was only 18 years old when she started to rule. (Wow!)
- The Nile river is the world’s longest river running. It is 4,132 miles
- Egyptians still use old wooden sailing boats called feluccas to sail the Nile.
P.S. Is it time for you to set sail in your career to the next port?