Stay Strong and Figure Out How To Make It Through

I have been a legal secretary in the patent field for what will be fourteen years in April 2014. I never liked the work, but I LOVED the salary. It’s boring and to me has no value. I am stuck at a desk for 7.5 hours a day.

I am a very social person and like to move around and talk to people throughout the day. However, it is frowned upon in my company. I have “gotten in trouble” for being away from my desk too much socializing even though my work is complete and the attorneys I support are not complaining. I moved to another state three years ago and ended up in the same line of work.

Talk about being depressed…I hate getting up to come to work. I look forward to when the clock strikes 4:30 so that I can go home. I am not passionate about waiting on attorneys hand and foot. If one of the four attorneys I support ask me to do any work, I find myself getting angry or immediately finding someone who can assist with the project. I like change and this is a dead end job. It reminds me of a factory, only working on production. I’m tired and burned out.

~Worker Living in NORTH CAROLINA

Today, ask yourself HOW you can continue in your current job or line of work.

If indeed you need to stay a while longer then you can DECIDE to get over this hump of being depressed and figure out HOW you can make it through this while you are at this job.

Breathe In Courage. Exhale Fear. Be Fearless.

I’m at my wits end. I’m not challenged. I’m not doing what I am supposed to be doing and I don’t look forward to coming to work.

~Worker Living in MINNESOTA

Today, is the only TODAY that there will EVER be.  This moment, right now, is all that we really have.

If today, and many of your yesterdays you feel like you are at your “wit’s end” then it’s time to let go of what is not working and let come what will work for you and your life right now.

BE BRAVE.

Don't Give Up...Find Your Life's Work

My current job is too stressful and work just keeps piling up without more people resources. 

There is very little support from my managers.

I do not enjoy this work any longer and need to follow my path once and for all.

~Worker Living in CANADA

If not now, then when? 

When will we find our path and follow it?  Really, just think about that for a minute.  If we don’t start today, then when will we start?

It’s unfortunate but no one is going to do this for you, because no one can.  You are an individual with your own preferences, interest and skills. 

The reason you are here, on this earth, is to live up to your potential, find your path and follow it. 

Today Is Clap Along Day

I want to do baking at home, exercise more and read.

~Worker Living in SINGAPORE

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

Some days we just want to do what we want to do.  We don’t want to get up and go to work to waste our time, or our gas getting there, or doing what someone tells us we HAVE to do. 

We just want to do what makes us happy. 

Action: Just do one thing today that makes you happy. Just one thing.

P.S.

In case you’re too depressed and can’t figure out your one thing…click, smile and pretend…

Live Your Life and Forget Your Age

About six months after I started my job, I realized it wasn’t right for me. I hate my projects, the company and for the most part– I don’t care for my team.

I’m just not at all passionate about what I’m doing and I am watching time tick away in a job I hate while I should be making a change.

~Worker Living in OHIO

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

All we have is 24 hours a day. 

Everyone only has 24 hours a day. 

This is your life. Live it while you live.

Professional or Personal Development - Learn Something New Today

I recently accepted a position as a media buyer/planner.  I was told I would receive training because I had zero experience on the buying/planning side of advertising.

Two months in, and other than picking up stuff here and there, NO training. NO teaching me the fundamentals of media buying and planning.

Communication is poor and I have no idea what’s expected of me. My work load is insane: in two months, I have managed a 7-market buy and placed media for an event in Seattle; I am currently planning an $800,000 media buy, am working on a small flyer drop, a small digital campaign, and I was just assigned two other mid-sized buys today.

Did I mention I have zero experience in media buying/planning?

~Worker Living in FLORIDA

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

Today, find the training that you need for your current job or the job that you want to have. 

You don’t have to wait for others to do what they promised or what you think they should do.  Focus on developing yourself even if it frustrates you that you have to do this.

P.S.

Try one of the free MOOC’s – Coursera, EdX or Khan Academy

If you have some money try Lynda.com

NO Excuses…develop yourself…learn what you need to learn

 

Time. 24 hours. Today. All Yours.

My boss drives me crazy.

I cannot rely on anything she says. I cannot rely on hours or a paycheck.

I have to be available 14 hours a day. I am never consulted about changes made to my schedule.

~Worker Living in COLOMBIA SOUTH AMERICA

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

Today, take back control of your time.

Figure out what time you do have control over. Set boundaries around that time and protect it.  

Use your time wisely to help you move forward and towards your life’s work.