Tired, Tired, Tired. Are You Tired Enough to Do Something About It?

I’m tired of working for a place that doesn’t care about its’ employees.  They treat us like we are just cogs in the wheel, easily disposable and replaced. 

I’m tired of standing up all night on a midnight shift.

I’m tired of inhaling smoke and dealing with mean and rude customers.

I’m tired of not doing anything with meaning and purpose. 

I have a bachelor’s degree and don’t feel I should be a cashier at a casino.

This job doesn’t even pay all of my bills yet.  I travel 45 minutes away from my house to only pay half of my bills, so there is a lot of stress around not having enough money.

~Worker Living in ILLINOIS

It is okay to be tired.

Actually it’s more than okay to be tired.

Until we get so “tired” of this and that we will stay stuck denying there is a problem.

• We won’t change.

• We won’t make the preparations to “Just Quit”.

• We won’t take action and move forward.

“Tired” helps you to decide on a better way of life and take actions to move towards your reason for being.

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

Speak Up For Things That Matter. Say Something. Do Something.

I don’t like the customers. 

There are too many weird and/or dangerous incidents.

I am feeling burned out and I am tired of doing the same thing all the time.

~Worker Living in Illinois

Today, speak up if there are unsafe working conditions.

Yes, Change Is Hard...Now, What Are You Going To Do?

I’m ready to move on. I’ve been at this organization over five years and have learned a lot, had some amazing experiences and helped to build new departments, but I am in need of a change.

I’m quitting because I want to spend more time exploring what this change could look like for me.

~Worker Living in ILLINOIS

Whether you initiate it or not a change is GOING to come. 

Change is what life is about. 

Eventually something is going to change: your job, your boss, your co-workers, whatever you service or sale, or your job duties.  One way or the other, something is going to change.

It’s now just a matter of how active you are going to be in the change that is going to come.  You can sit back and chill or you can decide to take control and explore what you want the change to look like. 

It’s just a decision.

Yes, You CAN Handle Being Honest With Yourself About Your Job Situation

I’m tired of it.

I’m not making enough money to deal with it all any more, not to mention the commute. I’m tired of feeling like I’m wasting my time while I’m there, and then there’s the clueless manager.

I’m tired of the schedule. I’m sick of the leg pain and feeling worn out the next day.

I’m ready to push myself into finding something new. I can find another job, provided that I finally start looking for one. Almost any job I get will pay me more than I’m making now.

I made a big mistake recently and have to deal with the consequences. It made me realize that my job isn’t worth it.

~Worker Living in Illinois

Finally, when we get to the point where we know we need to leave a job it is a liberating moment.

Finally, we can be real with ourselves.

Finally, we can stop faking it and telling others and ourselves how happy we are.  We aren’t happy.  We are sick and tired of being sick and tired.

Finally…we know this job isn’t worth it anymore and we need to move on. 

Go On Your Hero's Journey...Embrace The Unknown

I hate my job and am ready for a career change.

I feel it is time for me to move on and I can’t do that while I’m stuck at my job. The job is guaranteed misery.

Quitting is the unknown but it is certainly no guaranteed misery. It’s the opportunity to start fresh and do something new.

~Worker Living in Illinois

Change is moving from the known to the unknown. That’s why it seems scary.  But what good is the known if we know it’s not working for us.

It’s time to move on.

Who knows what the future holds. No one knows for sure. You might be on the cusp of stepping into the very reason that you were born…right here…right now…today… 

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.

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

Depressed Because of Your Job? You Will Get Through This & Tell Your Story One Day.

I feel unappreciated and humiliated at work.

I don’t care about learning insurance and my skills as a therapist are becoming less and less relevant. I hate being talked down to and yelled at by clients and providers. I hate that my time is micro managed down to the minute and it’s starting to overflow into my personal life.

I am in physical pain every day, and have become so depressed that my appearance has changed. I don’t like what I see in the mirror.

I am depressed on the weekends just thinking about having to go into work on Monday and am completely drained on the weekends.

I’m too tired, discouraged and too depressed to look for another job, and I’m afraid that they will notice that I look depressed and not offer me a job. 

~Worker Living in ILLINOIS

Depression is real.

Sometimes we don’t know we are depressed until we are in a deep depression.  We then look around and ask ourselves HOW did I get here?  We feel like we are in quicksand and sinking fast.  We can’t see a way out.  We wonder if others notice how flat we feel. 

We look in the mirror and don’t recognize ourselves. 

Yes, depression is real.

  If you have been depressed before think about how you came out of it. 

If you can’t remember, hold on to the fact that you DID come out of it. 

If you are further into a depression than you feel you have EVER been, then seek help. 

Why, because depression is real.

P.S.

If things are serious and you need help below are U.S. and Int’l Crisis Hotlines:

Living in the U.S.

Internationally

(Remember…the world needs you to make it through this…so you can tell your story of courage, endurance and transformation from this experience.   You will make…if you are in a deep depression and need help…talk to someone today).

 

Please Don't Let Student Loan Debt Crush Your Dreams

I want to relocate and be with my fiancé. 

I want to change careers to be somewhere where I am full-time and have benefits since I am currently part-time with no benefits. 

I have student loans coming due for payment.

Bigger City = Bigger Opportunities and I want to get out of my parent’s home.

~Worker Living in ILLINOIS

Oh, to be young and starting out.

Hopes, dreams, opportunities, and student loans.

WAIT, student loans, that doesn’t fit with hopes, dreams and opportunities.

No, it doesn’t; but it’s a fact of life for many of us.

Student loans, credit card debt, mortgages, car loans, on and on and on. 

These obligations hang over our heads like a hammer to remind us that we can’t “Just Quit”.

We have to have another job lined up, don’t we? 

Maybe, but maybe not.

Work Step 2 today…

run the numbers again…

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

 

Enough Already - Start Making Good Decisions

I do not get to enjoy anything I want to do with the money I make because all my time is spent at work.

I wake up go to work, by the time I am home, I have two whole hours a day for myself. Not enough time for my family who also needs me. My days off, are often interrupted by work and many times I end up having to work on those days anyway.

I do not like the person I am anymore.

I do not feel like myself and I don’t want to keep doing something just because I feel like I have to.           

~Worker Living in ILLINOIS

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

Today, focus on what you want to do. If you are not able to enjoy your money because you’re working too much then you should save as much of that money as you can.

One day soon you can do what you want to do. The more money you have saved the more power you’ll have to “Just Quit”…any day of your choosing. 

Today. Pretend. To. Be. Happy. Just Pretend. See What It Would Feel Like.

I believe my job is making me sick and depressed.

The atmosphere is depressing in itself.

Many of the people I work with, especially those in positions over me, are extremely petty and (in my opinion) extremely unprofessional. Several of my colleagues have really horrible attitudes (which appear to be contagious). No one is happy.

I have been sick – using up more than my paid number of sick days even though I am no longer paid for them.

There is no promotion from within. It’s a dead end job. And the pay is less than I was earning 15 years ago.

~Worker Living in ILLINOIS

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

Everybody just wants to be happy.  

We deserve to be happy. Even if it is for a fleeting moment we want to be happy for that moment.

Just ask for a state of mind that can endure what you are facing on your job. Just ask for help to figure out how to be the one person who is happy there, and maybe it will be contagious and others will be happy as well.

Whatever Satisfies The Soul Is Truth ~Walt Whitman

To find myself and my purpose and take time to nourish my soul.

To focus on myself wholeheartedly… mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

 ~Worker Living in ILLINOIS

Today, take time to nourish your soul. Actively look for your purpose and passions.

  If you don’t do this, then who will do it for you? 

There Are No Mistakes, Only Lessons and Messages

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

Q: Why do you want to quit your job EVEN if you don’t have another job lined-up?

I need a change because of health reasons. I’m feeling trapped and very unhappy and I just blew a chance at a job transfer.

~Worker Living in ILLINOIS

There are no mistakes.

You haven’t blown it.

If you didn’t take the transfer, didn’t do well on the interview, didn’t get the job offer, or the promotion, or whatever you DIDN’T get; it wasn’t for you. 

There are no mistakes only lessons and messages. ~ Ridea Richardson