Head Space

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?

A: I need head space. There is no work/life balance possible.

~Worker Living in the UNITED KINGDOM

 

Our minds are always thinking. Yes, we can meditate and stop the thinking mind and we should cultivate meditation into our journey.  It only helps the process. However, we can’t stay and live on a meditation cushion. We have to live our lives.  We have to work our jobs.

If we see our lives, right now, today as a meditation then we can have the head space that we need to figure things out…not by thinking… but by doing.

Make your everyday activities a meditation.

Really see people and listen to them. Walk when you are walking. Drive when you are driving.

Every time your mind goes into that nonsense of jumping around to this thing and that thing…go back to paying attention to faces, people, the sky, the trees, the birds, or whatever you are doing. It will bring today alive and you will be amazed at the clarity you will get, even while you are still in your crappy job.

Just pay attention to what is happening in your life today.

Just for today.

From “Just Quit” & Live by Ridea Richardson ©2014.  All rights reserved.

Just Quit & Live is available for purchase via Amazon.

 

Our Sanity

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?

A: I cannot stand this corporate environment that is killing everybody. I do not want to be a part of this insanity anymore.

~Worker Living in ROMANIA

 

Today’s Meditation/Reflection:

People from all corners of the world are experiencing work stress.

There are other people who feel that their work environments are killing them too.

People are asking for the insanity to stop.

We are NOT the crazy ones. We are the community of people who are waking up and calling it what it is…insanity. Anything that you do to help yourself will help others know that it is possible to live an authentic life.

Once you pull up out of your situation…and you will…please reach back and help someone else.

Share your success story and how you did it.

Freely pass on the “Just Quit” Steps and be proud of your journey.

 From “Just Quit” & Live by Ridea Richardson ©2014.  All rights reserved.

    Just Quit & Live is available for purchase via Amazon.

 

Feeling Lonely

 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?

A: Because I feel trapped and lonely.

~Worker Living in CHINA

It doesn’t matter where you live.  You can live in China with a billion other people and still feel lonely.

It is okay to feel lonely if you can allow yourself to feel it, go through it and get to the other side of lonely. 

The other side of lonely has nothing to do with having someone around you. It has everything to do with first being okay with being alone with yourself, no matter the circumstances. 

You will leave this world by yourself…alone…so don’t struggle when you feel lonely…embrace it…grow from it…get to know and love yourself.

From “Just Quit” & Live by Ridea Richardson ©2014.  All rights reserved.

    Just Quit & Live is available for purchase via Amazon.

P.S. I find it amazing that someone from China actually was able to get through and make this entry to the survey…workplace misery is a worldwide issue.

Peace to everyone, Ridea

Listening to Our Bodies

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

Today’s Workplace Story/Situation:

I am under so much stress. I feel like I’m going to have a heart attack. The panic attacks I’m having are getting worse. ~Worker in FLORIDA

Today’s Meditation/Reflection:

Our bodies will let us know when enough is enough. 

You might be able to fool your own mind.

You might be able to fool your family. 

You cannot however fool your body. Your body has a voice and if it starts to scream you have to listen.

Today listen to your body…you only have one body…you only get one body…that’s it…so listen up.

From “Just Quit” & Live by Ridea Richardson ©2014.  All rights reserved. 

    Just Quit & Live is available for purchase via Amazon.

Connecting With Our Values

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

Today’s Workplace Story/Situation:

Having held the positions of CEO and VP in other charities, I can see the potential of (and the very real efficiencies to be had at) my current employer.  Sadly there is the lack of will to change anything. It is impossible for me to forge funding partnerships with the knowledge that we can’t deliver on our commitments. The environment is demoralizing and ridiculous, not even pretending to operate as the guardian of public donations. It’s embarrassing and I have no confidence here.  ~Worker in CANADA 

 

Today’s Meditation/Reflection:

Once we find ourselves in the situation where our promises and our reputations are on the line all of our dealing and actions become measured from that point on. 

There is this almost invisible line that you can cross.  It happens seemingly in an instant, with one deal, one handshake, one piece of paper that they want you to sign, or one broken promise  –  you realize that you just-can’t-do-it-anymore.

You can’t work at a place that affronts your values, and does not have a culture of doing what you feel is ethical and right. That’s one decision…you can’t do this anymore.  The other decision is deciding HOW long you HAVE to stay and how you are going to do your job until you can leave; because you KNOW you HAVE to leave.

From “Just Quit” & Live by Ridea Richardson ©2014.  All rights reserved. 

    Just Quit & Live is available for purchase via Amazon.

 

Doubting Ourselves

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

Today’s Workplace Story/Situation:

I was absolutely miserable and I felt fake because I was managing people but I didn’t care or believe in the work I was doing. I have already quit. It’s been 2.5 months now and I’m beginning to feel very lost and anxious.    

~Worker in CANADA

Today’s Meditation/Reflection:

There are phases that we will go through after we “Just Quit”.

It’s like any other lost that we suffer. When we leave a job and are accustomed to another job to go to; somewhere along the way we begin to wonder if we made the right decision.  Doubt starts to set-in.

We forget how painful it was on that job.  We remember, but we are not still in the situation so we don’t remember ALL of the details. We begin to doubt ourselves and our decision. It’s a natural reaction if things don’t work out as quickly as we planned.

Remember: “Just Quit” is not a rash decision. DO NOT “Just Quit” without going through the Steps.

~Ridea

Having Little To Show

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

Today’s Workplace Story/Situation:

I dread going into work every day. I am constantly stressed. I work full-time and have very little to show for it. It’s a dead end job, no chance for growth or advancement. I’m not appreciated by the bosses. I work too hard and I’m paid too little. I’m in tears almost every day at work. Overall, I’m unhappy. Over the last few months, I’ve found myself extremely unhappy, maybe even depressed. This job is the main source of this.

~Worker in Connecticut

Today’s Meditation/Reflection:

Many of us have been working full time for years.

Some of us have been miserable for a while.

Some of us don’t have much to show for our hard work and our brave front.

We have to ask ourselves if we continue on the road we are on, what will happen when we CAN’T work any longer?  What will we do then if we still “have little to show”?

If we are working hard, working full time, doing what we think we MUST and we have little to show now, what does the end look like for us?

We have to ask this while we still have time to make a transformational change.

We have to ask while we are still in good health and of working age.

What do you have to show RIGHT NOW from all of your hard work?

~Ridea