Stop Hiding. Take Off Your Mask. Get Real.

I hate going to work every day.

I’ve become an awful, unhappy, rude, de-motivated person that I don’t even like.

I want to enjoy my life again without feeling sick all day every day.

~Worker Living in AUSTRALIA

We don’t have to turn into a monster that WE don’t even like.

We can take off this crazy mask we’ve been wearing while working this job.

We can find ourselves, be ourselves and like ourselves.

Make Good Use of Your Time Alone

I don’t like the long hours (20 weeks working straight).

I’m living in India and cannot grasp the culture; it’s demanding work with no reward and I’m cut off from family, friends and have no social life.

~Worker Living in INDIA

Okay, well, sometimes we find ourselves having to deal with ourselves…alone…without family, friends or a social network. 

At the end of the day we have to deal with ourselves.

We have to be with ourselves, our thoughts, our interests, our values, our hopes, and our dreams. 

We have to like being with ourselves. 

Call it what you want…living on an island, the dark night of the soul, the valley…whatever…this will NOT last FOREVER. 

When we find ourselves alone without a social life to distract us from how miserable we might be in our work life use this time as a catalyst to truly be introspective. 

No distractions. Work Step 4 to discover your purpose.  You won’t regret it.

You Are Alive...So Live...BE In Your Life

I am very unhappy and feel like I should be doing more with my life.

I am tired of working for someone else and literally dread coming into the office every day.

I hate my boss and tolerate her only because I have to, but each day it gets harder to do that.

I feel very strongly that if this is how my life is going to be I’d rather not be in it! 

~Worker Living in ILLINOIS

Today, we are here.

We are all here.

We are all alive…so live…this is your life and no one else’s…BE in your life.

We will get through this, but we don’t have to stop living while we’re going through it.

LIVE.

Clinically Depressed??? That's Your Wake-Up Call.

I have no boundaries between work and home; I am doing two people’s jobs in a culture that doesn’t align with my values.

I gave so much recently that I was off work for 5/6 months with clinical depression.

~Worker Living in the UNITED KINGDOM

Being diagnosed with clinical depression because of your job is your wake-up call. 

This is the moment you know that something has to change.

It’s not easy to get that diagnosis and you certainly don’t want anyone else to know that you are clinically depressed, but YOU know. 

You know that being in this particular job is causing you distress.

You have to figure out how to get from where you are today to where you need to go.  It’s difficult, yes it is, but it’s not impossible. You will look back on today, 5 -10 years from now and say…I did it!…I did it!…I did it!…

Is It Time For You To Reset and Reflect?

I’m completely burned out and exhausted from years of advancing progressively within this agency only to find higher titles actually reduce the ability to create positive change.

I need time to reset and reflect.

~Worker Living in NEW HAMPSHIRE

Sometimes in life we just can’t figure it all out where we are. 

It’s too much static and noise.  We need everything to stop.  We need to regroup, reset and reflect.

Sometimes you don’t even want to go directly to another job because you know that it is not the answer.  You need a breather. 

It is not impossible. If you have a game plan you can take a break.

 It takes courage. 

It takes planning.

If this is what you need to do, then, everything will line up and allow you to do that. 

It is not impossible to reset and reflect before you start again.

Today, imagine the possibilities.

Is Your Job Killing Your Soul? Listen Hard and Move On.

Because it’s killing my soul.

I never wanted to be an engineer.

I want to finish my technical communication degree more quickly. I feel like I must.

~Worker Living in CALIFORNIA

We can get stuck in the safe professions that we fell into. 

Those professions may even pay well. 

We might be in respectable professions to the outside world…but they are ‘killing our souls’. 

If you are in the wrong profession today, just admit it and figure out when and how you can move on.

When Is The Last Time You Felt "Beautiful" About A Career Decision?

The scheduling manager at the organization I work for has decided to give me shifts that are the death knell for any associate–shifts that she has stated she cannot work because she has a family. I have always made it clear that I am only available for part time work because I have family obligations and health concerns that make part time hours a must. However, there has been one reason after another that this manager has needed me to not only work double the hours I signed on for, but also mainly night hours, heavy weekend loads, and shifts that start at store open and end at store closing.

I became physically ill and my family life was suffering tremendously. My son failed his first class ever in seven years of schooling. My last blood pressure reading was 160/120. I had to head straight to the hospital.

My garage was broken into while my kids were home alone during a shift I was called into without sufficient time to line up child care (they are 11 and 14). It was one of those, if you don’t cover this shift, don’t ever come back type of call-ins. I figured out that my manager was using the full-time gal to babysit her son in exchange for reduced hours and weekends off–which she conveniently gave to me.

I actually quit today and the best part was knowing that the scheduling manager would be the one who would have to cover my closing Friday and closing Saturday shifts…and I get to go to my son’s football game tomorrow…something I have not yet gotten to do since starting this job in late June.

I woke up this morning depressed and dreading the idea of even going to use the bathroom to start my day…I literally laid in bed, legs crossed, unable to move. That is when I knew something was dreadfully wrong with this situation. I felt like once I got out of bed, I’d talk myself into just dealing with it, sucking it up, and going in.

I’m not ashamed to say that two weeks’ notice in my case was not an option…I’m a people pleaser and my boss knows how to wind me around her finger. What I know she did not see coming was the phone call today and subsequent resignation email. As well as my follow up with the district manager about my manager’s abuse of her scheduling authority.

My sales numbers/quotas/CPI’s are so amazing, the DM is going to be at least slightly interested in knowing why they lost an employee as good as I was. I was the only employee with a degree, and I was a customer favorite. My kindness however, was taken for weakness. My husband is the breadwinner and I took this job because it was in the field of sales and beauty and I have a background in business and cosmetology. I was hired on the spot and I gave my all…then I started to be taken for granted and used. I offered to work extra hours to cover for an employee who abruptly quit; that was two months ago.

I continuously told my manager that I could only work part time with no more than two closing nights per week. She smiled, said she would see what she could do and for the past month she has scheduled me full time hours, closing 4-5 nights, with at least 2 of my shifts being open to close hours.

My doctor suggested I either cut back my hours or find another occupation. I quit this morning. I feel beautiful (weird adjective for this situation, I know) inside and out. My mom is coming for a visit next weekend and I am absolutely tickled that I have extra time to spend with her. By the way, I was only making 600 bucks a month. What a joke. I can make more selling my homemade pralines, and I think I will be trying my hand at that.

~Worker Living in ARIZONA

Sometimes we can’t give the standard two weeks’ notice.  The situation just doesn’t allow it. Feeling “beautiful” is when you KNOW that you have done the right thing regardless of what anybody else thinks.

Feeling “beautiful” is what “Just Quit” is about.

When is the last time you felt “beautiful”?

Think You Made A Mistake Taking Your Job? Remedy It.

I’m miserable here.

I’m being pushed very hard to do things that I don’t think I really know how to do and that are increasingly outside of the kind of work that I want to do.

The workplace demands a deep, personal commitment to the job – they want this to be a like my life’s mission and not just a job. I understand and support the organizational mission. I think the goals are worthy. However, this will NEVER be more than a job to me.

My performance is starting to slide, and I just don’t know how much longer I can endure.

I moved 3k miles, leaving my family, friends and hometown behind to take this job. This was a huge mistake. It’s time for me to remedy this mistake.

~Worker Living in PENNSYLVANIA

We all feel that we’ve made mistakes. We don’t have to beat ourselves up because of them.  We don’t have to stay; we can leave and know that we’ve learned a lesson. 

• Maybe we jumped at the first job offer. 

• Maybe we didn’t quite get all the facts before we decided to take the job.

• Maybe we were desperate to leave another work situation. 

But…are there really any mistakes if we learned from these situations? 

Would you have had all of this experience that you have if you hadn’t made a boat-load of “mistakes”? 

Don’t see your current job as a mistake, see it as a lesson.  

Being Bullied At Work? Stand Up For Yourself.

I am being bullied at work and my work is not what was promised to me.

It is demeaning and unfulfilling.

The organization has closed ranks around the bully. I have no allies.

~Worker Living in FLORIDA

Sometimes we have to stand up for ourselves.

As adults we don’t have to fight the bullies, just like we didn’t have to fight them when we were in high school.  We recognized who the bullies were and we created a plan to deal with them.

Workplace bullies are no different than the high school bullies. Most people are afraid of them, so for a period of time they get away with their bullying. They taunt you until you stand up to them.

You have to stand up to them.

You can also stand up to the bully by working your “Just Quit” plan.

The sooner you can walk into that job and ANYDAY of your choosing you can leave is a GOOD day.

Even if you don’t leave you won’t be afraid of standing up to them because you’ll have “Just Quit” Power.

Prepare yourself so you can stand your ground.

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

Be Honest With Yourself About Your Job

I dislike what I do. I chose my profession as the backup to the career I really wanted. I have not moved into the career that I wanted and my chosen career takes all my time.

Every day, I wake up depressed about going into my job. I even cry in the shower and the car on the way to work. I am so emotionally drained from the work week; I don’t have any energy to pursue my passions.

I shy away from friends and family because I don’t want to talk about my job, and perhaps show how depressed I am to anyone.

I believe it has started to cause health problems from all the stress.

~Worker Living in GEORGIA

We have to face facts, first to ourselves then to others. 

We have to be honest with ourselves.

If we are hiding the truth about the situation even to ourselves we will remain stuck…year-after-year-after-year. 

We’ll look up and one day we’ll be close to old age and we didn’t do anything in our work-life that mattered to us or that we were passionate about.

Today, be honest with yourself. 

Tell yourself about how you feel about your current job. 

Just be honest, even if it is painful to accept.

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

No More Excuses

I’ve been ready to leave since 2010 but fear and money has kept me from making the decision.

There is nothing wrong with the job or the people, but I know in my heart this is not what I want to continue to do, because it fills me with dread every day. The feeling has only grown worse over the years.

In 2010 I set up a website which is my ultimate dream of being able to earn my income, but working full-time is making it very difficult to spend the time I need on my website.

~Worker Living in UNITED KINGDOM

That’s it.

Today, if you have a website or a blog and you love working on it, then work on it.

WHILE you are working this job that “fills you with dread”; WORK ON YOUR OWN THING.

If working on it brings you joy, then great. Even if you don’t make a dime for YEARS you have given yourself joy working on something you are interested in.

Something will break.

You’ll figure out a way to make money on it, or something else that interest you.

No more excuses.

 

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

Skydive Into Your Future

I’m not professionally happy and feel undervalued in my current role.

My job no longer motivates me to work hard and contribute 100%.

I also feel burnt out after 15 years of working at high speeds in a high demand environment.

I have a decent bit of money saved up (enough for at least 4-6 months) and feel confident that I can tap my network for consulting opportunities to fill the gap in long- term employment.

~Worker Living in NEW YORK

After you have worked the Steps and the kinks in the plan then it’s time to take the “Just Quit” Step…it feels strange…even when you know-that-you-know AND you are prepared…it still feels strange. 

You can’t believe you are actually going to do it.

It’s like skydiving. You know you’re going to land somewhere you just don’t know where, when or how. (Don’t let that example scare you).

You’re so use to knowing where you are going to land before you leave a place.  You don’t know this time because there is no job to go to.

You are not getting laid off. This is a decision you are making, but it is a decision you are prepared to make. You have saved enough money and here you are at the jumping off point. 

There is all this opportunity. 

There is all this possibility.

It’s wide-open for you.

You just have to take that final Step and fly into your future.

STOP Playing It Safe

I am constantly wrong in my bosses eyes and I cannot do anything right.

I have been accused of unfounded and baseless actions regarding customer service, job performance, time management, accused of saying things that were untrue, and using foul language contributing to the bad behavior.

I’ve been alerted that this job may not be a good fit, by my immediate supervisor.

I have been told I am a phenomenal manager, but I need to work twice as hard because I am a person of color to prove to them that I can do the job, bigger, better and faster.

~Worker Living in UTAH

Sometimes we feel like we are being pushed out of the door and mistreated. Nothing seems to be working out for us. 

Maybe, just maybe, we are in our situations because there is something better for us.

Maybe, just maybe, the universe wants you to get out of your comfort zone…grow…do something else…that maybe BIGGER and BETTER.

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

Don't Stop Believing In Your Ideas

I have two business ideas.

One is developing websites which I have clients already.

The other is an idea I know will work:-)

~Worker Living in the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

We all have ideas.

Sometimes we have too many ideas.  We can’t figure out which one or ones to pursue.

We’ve tried stuff before and it didn’t work out.

We failed.

We failed again and again with idea after idea.

What makes us think this idea is going to work AND eventually pay the bills?

We won’t know unless we flesh it out.

Today, gather your ideas.  Write them down. Develop them.  See which ones have merit. It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve failed or failed to start (or finish) before.

Today is a new day, work Step 4.

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

Fear Is A Choice...So Is Courage

Because after 18 months in that toxic and unprofessional environment that supports bullying and lying, I can no longer pretend to enjoy my role.

I am still unsure what my responsibilities are. There is no scope for growth for me and I report to an incompetent lying lazy person whom I do not trust.

Thinking of going to work makes me feel sick despite fighting the feelings of negativity.

~Worker Living in New Zealand

When we know it’s time to leave, then it’s time to leave.

We don’t have to second hundred guess ourselves.

When it’s time to go; then it’s time to go. 

Don’t be afraid. 

Have courage. 

Start moving in a new direction.

“May My Boss Be Happy Today Day”

I am not happy at all doing what I’ve been doing.

I feel bored doing the same thing over and over again for the past few quarters and I don’t work well with the new superior.

If I’m allowed to… I’d call him a jerk!

~Worker Living in MALAYSIA

We have all been there at one point or another where we think our boss or the bosses are jerks.  They don’t listen, they don’t care, they this and they that. 

You can think they are jerks and you can even call them that (to yourself of course) but what does that get you? You are still stuck.  You are still working for them. 

Instead, just for today, let’s turn it around.  Your boss, everyone’s boss – they are people; they are human just like you are.  You might hate them, think they are not smart, and even think they are jerks.  They might mistreat you; take credit for your work, etc., etc., etc.

Just for today totally focus and say with all sincerity: “May (insert the jerk bosses name here) be happy.”  

It might feel strange when you say it for the first time but say it nonetheless.

We all just want to be happy. 

Wish for your ”jerk” boss that they may be happy.  Somehow showing compassion and letting go of the anger you may feel about your boss loosens something somewhere and things start to positively change.

Give it a try…just for today…if you so desire you can go back to calling them a jerk tomorrow.

Today…all over the world is: “May my boss be happy today” Day.  

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

Life Is About Letting Go...Not Holding On

I want to do something different.

~Worker Living in BELGIUM

In order to do something different we have to let go of what we currently are doing.

Letting go is difficult, so don’t expect it to be easy.

You have to let go of what you currently have in order to let come something different.

Life is about letting go, not holding on.

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

Scared to Just Quit? Talk To A Millennial. They Are Leading The Way To Meaningful Work.

I couldn’t imagine giving that company a year of my life so I quit at the 3rd month. It was my first job. 

I’m turning 24 at the end of the year and I collected a good amount of money (around 6 thousand dollars).  I was really good at it but it didn’t feel right.  The goals of the company didn’t even come close to match my moral standards; it was like slowly selling your soul to the devil.

Anyway I made the decision at the 45th day of my 90 days working there. 

My team-leader called me in for a 1-on-1 meeting.  I got there and he was telling me how good I was and how I can grow with the company.  That’s when I told him I wanted to quit. At that moment he gave that wise older guy speech about how stupid this decision is THEN he asked me why.

I simply told him the truth. I just didn’t feel like I belonged in there. Deep down I know I deserve better (a better mental and physical atmosphere).  I don’t care about the pay as long as I have a place to live, clothes on my back and food to eat. He didn’t have a good reply and started to talk in procedural language.  I shook his hand and told him it was an honor to work with them and I walked out.

To make a long story short I planned ahead, but even if my plan isn’t 100% successful I wouldn’t have quit if it didn’t FEEL right.

~Worker Living in KUWAIT

Today, if I am miserable in my job and feel like I am “slowly selling my soul to the devil” I will go back to the “Just Quit” Steps and start planning if I have not done so already.

If I have created my plan then I will work my plan.

Even if I don’t believe that the plan will work 100% the way I envision it to work, I will work the plan.

You are reading from the book“Just Quit” & Live

 

Poor Job Performance? Bad Job Fit? Being Sabatoged? Visualize Your Dream Job Then Create It.

I am on PIP and my performance is not improving due to employer obstacles.

~ Worker Living in ICELAND

Today, I will treat my performance on this job as a separate issue from who I am. 

I will not allow it to cloud my judgment about myself and my capabilities.

Of COURSE I can perform.  Maybe not on THIS job, but there is something out there for me and I will believe in myself regardless of my “performance” on this job. 

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

 

 

When Will You Explore and Do The Things YOU Want To Do? Today? Tomorrow? NEVER?

I am unhappy with the way work takes over my life.

I have other things I want to do (write) and  work leaves no time for that.

I also want to be able to do things thoroughly, not be rushing all the time.

I’ve showed lots of symptoms of stress lately and at 50 who knows how much quality time I have left?

If I don’t give myself time now to explore the things I want to explore, when will it ever happen?

~Worker Living in the UNITED KINGDOM

One day will be our last day.

One day this adventure we call life will all be over.

That’s how the story ends for everyone. None of us know the end date, but we know that it’s coming.

What do you want to explore?

How long do you think you’ll have time to explore and find out what you like or what you’re good at?

Today, commit to exploring what you want to do and what brings you joy and happiness.

 If you know what that is (like writing) then ask yourself why you are not doing what you love to do? DO NOT settle for the answer that it won’t pay the bills…go deeper.

This is your life and no one else’s. 

If you are supposed to write and be a writer then WRITE. If you align yourself with what YOU were born to do, you will not be denied THAT.  That thing will pay the bills one way or another and no one can stop that from happening…except YOU getting in your own way.

Today, Explore.

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

P.S.

Tomorrow in the U.S. is Columbus Day… EXPLORE, DREAM, DISCOVER sail away from the safe harbor.

   

       

Stuck Doing Daily Tasks That You Hate? Move On. Find Your Balance.

I can’t stand the job description. I totally regret taking up this job.

I hate the daily MIS I need to send out every day. To make things worse, I’m very bad at Excel, thus I take a lot of time to do it and it’s very stressful.  All the sales people and bosses are waiting to see the daily MIS every day and it has to be sent out before lunch time. Worst of all, the figures MUST tally, if not I have to re-calculate it all over again. Other than MIS, the rest of my job duties are extremely administrative.

It makes me feel like I was very useless, even being a degree holder.

~Worker Living in SINGAPORE

Sometimes we just know when we are not well-suited for our jobs; especially if there is a daily task that we have to do and we aren’t good at it and don’t want to do it. 

We just need to admit that we don’t like doing that daily task and ask ourselves if we CAN ever enjoy doing it.

Otherwise what is the point of day-after-day doing things we don’t enjoy and aren’t good at?

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

Work Step 4 Today - Finding YOUR Purpose

I am not happy doing what I am doing.

I want to work in Forensics and this job is nowhere near where I want to be. 

~Worker Living in GEORGIA

Today, work on Step 4 – Finding Your Purpose.

If you know exactly what you want to do then take action towards that path. 

Focus on what you want to do like a laser beam. 

It does not matter if you have NEVER been able to nail down what you think your purpose is…this is your time…

Use this situation to discover your purpose and passions

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

 

Free Your Mind. Have Courage. Walk Through The Door.

I cannot seem to even figure out what I have any passion for. 

I have no energy nor can I concentrate to really think about what really makes me happy. I have no idea at this point.

I make it to the weekends drained and always seem to think about what is coming up the next day or the next week – some weeks are worse than others. 

~Worker Living in MASSACHUSETTS

Today, I will live my life EVEN THOUGH I am miserable on my job.

I will not live to just make it to the weekend.  I will find something to do to relieve the stress so that I can free my mind to figure out what I am passionate about.

Even if I just take a minute and deeply breathe, then that’s what I will do.

The more I can find what works for me to relieve the stress the closer I will get to being able to use every day to find my way out of this situation.

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

Finding Your Purpose - Work You Love; You're Good At It; The World Needs It and You Can Get Paid For It

I’m tired of working in the financial industry.

I feel like I’m not suited for my current job.

I don’t see the value in the work I’m currently doing.

~Worker Living in CANADA

Doing work that matters…matters to us.

We can do work that matters.

We must believe that we can.

We must search for it and believe we will find it.

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

Release Fear and Doubt. Is Your Job Making You Miserable? Let Go to Let Come.

My current work conditions are not at all hostile and things could definitely be a lot worse.

My boss and co-workers are pleasant for the most part, and I understand that having good people to work with is half the battle. While these factors are tolerable and even attractive at times, the actual work I am doing is completely opposite of my interests/skills, and I am beyond the point of tolerance to where I can stand it.

I work at a bank as a banker- sales and customer service… and more sales.

When I took the job over a year ago, I thought that the job would be more analytical and research work (which is what my interests are), but no, sales and goals and quarterly quotas.

I am zero percent comfortable with pushing products onto customers and invading their personal lives and overcoming their objections. I personally cannot stand being sold to by a salesman, and that is what my position is.

It has gotten to the point where I have gone two straight quarters of not hitting quarterly sales goals/bonus, and it is because I do not even try any more to make sales or do the outbound calls that I am supposed to make. I cannot stand doing any of that.

My numbers have dropped so badly that the past couple of weeks have consisted of my boss monitoring every conversation I have with customers and making sure I make my calls. I know that he can tell my heart is not there.

I am not happy.

I go to work, I just surf on the internet, boss walks by, I try to look busy, and then back to surfing. I would much rather be at a job where I had actual busy work to do.  I cannot find any motivation to pick up the phone and sell something to someone or upsell products with customers in the branch.

This depressive work state has affected other areas of my life, including my overall mood, my relationship with my girlfriend, and other things.

I just feel worthless, bleak, and unaccomplished from getting no satisfaction out of my job.

I have enough money saved to live comfortably unemployed for 5-6 months, and if I live frugally for close to 9-12 months. I just graduated with my business degree this past May, I am 23, no children, a car payment/rent/phone bill, and a supportive girlfriend of 6 years.

I have a lot of opportunity to find something, because I don’t have a wife or kids to support at this point in time.

Quitting just feels right, but my only fear is what my parents/girlfriend/girlfriend’s parents will think. They may not share my same enthusiasm. And also, what if I do not find anything, and have a huge gap in my employment history? At the same time though, my performance has slipped so badly that it is basically a waiting game before I either quit or end up getting fired. If I continue any more at this rate, I may totally burn the bridge of having this employer as a good reference. I have been actively applying for multiple jobs a day for the past four months, but nothing yet.

We will see what ends up happening.

~Worker Living in MISSOURI

We have been so conditioned for so long not to be a quitter.

“Just Quit” is not about quitting because we have given up or because we can’t cut it…it’s about letting go of what we know for sure is not going to work for us. 

It might have worked for us at some point, but it’s not working for us now and whatever was working is gone. We know it’s gone. We have checked with our body, mind, soul and spirit and every checkpoint confirms that it is time to leave.

Then what happens? 

We make our plans and we work the Steps.  We know we are ready. 

Then what happens?

Fear and Doubt start their jobs on us.  We can linger right there in Fear and Doubt and miss out on the window of opportunity that was right there for us to make our exit.

Maybe that next door can’t open until you close this one.

Maybe this is a test to see if you can trust yourself. 

We have been conditioned to think that we have to see the open door before we close this one…not always…and especially not if it’s a test for you.

Either you are ready or you are not.  Trust yourself.

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

So now you ask…HOW do I release doubt and fear?HERE’S THE ANSWER

Another Work Week To Face. Depressed? Don't Give Up.

I’m depressed, anxious, stressed, and contemplate suicide at work.

I’m physically sick from the depression, anxiety and stress, and being sick at work only makes the mental problems worse, which starts a cycle.

My boss is an a**hole with unrealistic demands.

I have to do all of my work, plus extra, plus clean up my co-worker’s half-a**ed job.

~Worker Living in MARYLAND

 

Today, seek help for your depression if you are contemplating suicide because of your job. 

Tell someone that you need help.  

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

There is some interesting scientifically based therapy that is part of what is being called the “third wave” in behavioral and cognitive therapy.  It is called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or ACT.

ACT is based on how the human mind works.

It can help you with the suffering and pain you may feel on Sunday’s as you face another work week. It teaches you how to use Mindfulness, Acceptance and Values to deal with suffering and pain.

Below is a good workbook  – Get Out of Your Mind and into Your Life

Today, Be Healthy, Eat Healthy, and Think Healthy

I’m miserable and not meeting objectives by some senior people’s standards. 

I’m super tired and frustrated so much so that I cannot be there for my 3 year old the way I’d like.

I’m feeling detached. 

My skin is always itching (strange) and my face and hair look kinda lifeless to me.

I don’t think the job or work is a good fit and the people I’m around are petty.

I’ve been through a divorce and unemployment in the past two years. I’m drained and just want to sleep a while with no fuss.

~Worker Living in ILLINOIS

Our health is our first wealth. 

Today, be healthy, eat healthy, and think healthy.

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

When You "Just Quit" Do So Responsibly...Because Life Is An Echo

I’m planning to move to another state and landing a job is taking longer than expected.

I really dislike the nature of my current job. Most of my co-workers are great and have become good friends, but the nature of the work makes me hate my life.

In addition, busy season is coming up (I’m a public accountant) and I want to get out before it hits. This is because I obviously hate busy season even more, but I also want to give my bosses time to reschedule people in my absence.

~Worker Living in COLORADO

Although we know we are miserable, and are actively planning our exits, we can still be responsible.

We might hate what we are doing on this job; but we can still be respectful to our employers, co-workers and clients.

We can give proper notice and leave at a down-time.

We can be responsible when we “Just Quit”.

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

When Your Intuition is Roaring...Listen To It

It is toxic. 

My micromanagement boss told me it is his way or no way at all and he is doing everything possible to put me in the wrong direction and says so with a happy face.

Toxic!!!!!!!!!!!!

~Worker Living in NEW YORK

Today, realize that you know what is best.

If you are in a toxic workplace and you listen to yourself; you will know what to do to survive or to get out.

You know what is best. You do.

Just trust your intuition.

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

Life is Too Short to Do Work That’s Not Real and Doesn’t Matter

OCTOBER

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

 ~ Albert Einstein

The job is a joke. It pays good money but the work is meaningless.

I visit schools that don’t want me there and some actively encourage me NOT to come so much so that at times I don’t go and say I did — which makes me feel terrible about myself. Other places let me come and give me work, but the work is minimal – and for the most part has no or only short term outcomes.

I post school visit notes on a website that is named for a division that no longer exists, that the customer has never heard of and that was elaborately designed for a product I don’t deliver and the customer knows nothing about. The customer prefers an email. So…. it’s like I write these notes two to three times and sometimes for visits that didn’t take place. This is common practice among people in my position, but that is cold comfort.

I am required to run a national network and have monthly Google hangouts. So many people have quit or been fired that there are only 2 members left in my group.

I am writing a mystery novel — I have published several short stories on line and have a small fan base — and I steal as much time as I can for this endeavor. I have applied for and interviewed for jobs, but to no avail.

I am miserable. 

~Worker Living in ARIZONA

Some of our jobs aren’t real jobs.

They are “fake” jobs.

You can either go-along or get-out.

Thank your lucky stars if your integrity will no longer allow you to continue to fake it.

Life is too short to do work that’s not real and doesn’t matter.

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live