Tell Your Family What Is Going On At Work

My employer wants me to work more hours for less pay. I already don’t see my wife as it is and when I do we only have an hour to catch up.

I dread going to work every day.

~Worker Living in New York

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

Talk to your family and loved ones about your situation and your decision (Step 3). They need to know what is going on. 

They might not agree with your line of thinking, but they need to know what you are thinking.

They will have an opinion and you are strong enough to listen to it.

At the end of the day family and those you love and that love you are the most important relationships that you will have.

Seek their support.

Freelance Skills...Skills, Skills, Skills...Do You Have Them?

Because I want the freedom of freelance work–owning my time, and my work processes.

~Worker Living in the PHILIPPINES

 

Freelance work will free you. 

Action: Research the multitude of websites that offer freelance opportunities. 

At a minimum you need to have or start developing skills that are in demand.

P.S.

Just google – freelance and you’ll find freelancer, elance, etc.  At a minimum you need to be able to do something worthy of a freelance gig. What if you lost your job and find out the hard way that your current skills are outdated…think about it…start now updating your skills.

Have The Courage To Follow Your Talent Where It Leads

I am thinking about quitting my job without another one lined up because I really don’t want another “job.” I want to find out what I really want to do and what kind of lifestyle I want.

I feel like I’ve had the soul sucked out of me and I won’t be able to figure it out until I have some “job free” time.

I want to hike the Appalachian Trail.

~Worker Living in CALIFORNIA

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

Today, commit to finding your passion. 

If  you already know your passion DECIDE if you can stay in your current job while you pursue it, or if you need to “Just Quit” so that you can get some ‘job free time’ to gather first-hand knowledge about what you want to accomplish from this point forward in your life.

 

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. 

Stop Wasting Your Energy WISHING Things Will Change...PLAN...PLAN...PLAN

I want to quit because I hate my job. The only reason I have not quit is because I don’t have another job lined-up. I have an idea of what I want to do, but I’m worried what other people (i.e. parents) might think. I live with my parents, and don’t have to pay any rent. I have no children and no other responsibilities.

The money I have saved could last me for at least a year. So why don’t I just leave my job? Several reasons: 1) I don’t like the stigma that comes with being unemployed and other people judging you. 2)Before my current job, I was unemployed for one year  and six months. I’m worried I won’t find another job. 3) I want to spend time playing and building my Online Poker bankroll. I’ve been playing on and off for two years. I have read books, played over a 100k hands and I believe that if I put in a lot of hours I can be successful.

~Worker Living in the UNITED KINGDOM

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

There is not only a stigma to being unemployed there is discrimination.  DO NOT “Just Quit” your job if you have not counted the cost.  There will be an impact. At a minimum there may be a gap in your resume.  By working the “Just Quit” Steps you can overcome the stigma, by creating your story (Step 6) and knowing what you want to do after you quit (Step 4).

Just make sure you think the decision through completely and carefully.  “Just Quit” is not a rash decision.  It is a well thought out game plan.

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.