The Grand Plan for Your Life Is Good. Just Sing YOUR Song.

I’ve been at the same company for 11 years and going nowhere.

The work is not at all challenging, and so much is expected of us (with little in return).

I don’t care about the product we make or the work we do–it does not inspire me at all.

I detest Sundays, and just struggle through each week until I can make it to the weekend.

~Worker Living in NEW YORK

Today, I will think about the fact that this is my life.

I can no longer afford to go week-by-week just existing, just making it through the week, surviving.  I deserve more than this.

No one else is going to get me out of this. 

I have to make the effort to move forward. I have to do this for myself.  Even if things don’t go quite as fast or exactly as I plan at least I need to have a plan.

Every other escape plan may have failed but I cannot give up.

My plans might just be too small. Maybe there is a bigger plan.  Maybe there is a grander plan in the making.

No matter, whatever the plan, the grand plan for my life is good and I will actively work it.

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

Looking For A Leader? Look In the Mirror!

The company has gone in a direction I do not want to follow.

~Worker Living in SINGAPORE

“Just Quit” is about letting go of what is not working. 

If I know the direction the company is going in is not the direction that I want to go and I have decided that I do not want to follow, then I have just made a decision to be the leader of my life and destiny. 

I can decide to go in another direction.  

I need to determine the strategic plan for my life.

I can trust myself. 

I can trust the universe and allow the direction to emerge that is just right for me.

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

Today’s Workplace Situation is from Singapore:

• Continent: Asia
• Official Language: Mandarin Chinese
• Currency: Singapore dollars
• Singapura means “Lion City”
• Three Things You Won’t Find in Singapore because they are illegal: Spitting in Public, Litter, and Chewing Gum

 

Make Everyday a Marathon of Things That You Enjoy Doing

My job is taking its toll on me physically and emotionally.

Every day is like a never ending marathon of things that you never enjoyed doing.

~Worker Living in the PHILIPPINES

We can run. 

We can run, but we can’t hide.

We can’t hide when we feel like it is day in and day out of a “marathon of things that we don’t enjoy doing”.

It’s our lives.

We can run towards a fulfilling life and lifestyle.

So, today, start running in THAT direction.

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

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P.S. Today’s Entry is from the Philippines

• Official Language: Filipino
• Currency: Philippine Pesos
• Philippines is the country, but is people are called Filipinos.
• The Philippines is 7,107 islands (that’s a lot of islands)
• It is nickednamed the text capital of the world because about 400 million text messages are sent every day.

Breathe...Smile...It Will Be Okay...

Because no one takes me seriously there.

I can’t stand to go into work.

I’m getting to that point where I’d rather die.

If I quit, and I don’t make it work for whatever reason, I’m fine with just dying. I hate my life as it stands now.

~Worker Living in TEXAS

Don’t Give Up.

Seek help if you need to.

Just Don’t Give Up. 

You will make it through this.

Please Don’t Give Up.

P.S.

It was entries like the above that compelled me to write the book.  It is a real live person who typed this into a computer or cell phone screen.  These are not just words to me.  They shouldn’t be just words to anyone reading them.  This is what workplace pain looks, sounds and feels like.  

This is about life and living.  

Just know if you are going through this today that you are NOT alone. Many, many, many, MANY people are no longer willing to settle for “settling”.  

I have a recommendation for those suffering…tomorrow morning when you wake up…the first thing when you open your eyes say the below:

Waking up this morning

I smile.

24 brand new hours

are before me.

I vow to live fully

 in each moment

and to look at all beings

with eyes of compassion.

 ~ That is a quote from Thich Nhat Hanh.  

When you recite this make SURE that you put a smile on your face (yes, yes, yes, I know this might seem hard to even think of doing…but give it a try). All will be well…don’t give up…you WILL make it through this.

Only We Know When Enough is Enough...Is It Enough Yet?

I can’t take it anymore!

I’ve been working in the advertising field for nine years, and I have been working in my current agency for almost seven years. The idea of quitting has been haunting me for the past three years, but I always tried to oppress it by trying to highlight the positive side of my job which is mainly the working environment and how lucky I am to have a sweetheart boss, and how I am being appreciated at this job regardless of the stress, late nights, my boss’s swinging mood, crappy clients…and lately the feeling that I don’t fit anymore with the crowd in the agency.

I hate Sunday nights. I drag myself out of bed every day to go to work.  I get stomach cramps when I get a phone call from my boss on my mobile. I don’t feel motivated anymore!

When a new client calls in, I wish and pray that they don’t proceed with us because  I don’t want any more extra work!

Nothing excites me anymore in this job.

Last but not least, I don’t see myself in this career in the future. However, I feel so lost. I want to quit but I don’t know what I will do next. I don’t want to stay home doing nothing. I know I can go crazy! As well as everybody thinks I am crazy to take this step!

~Worker Living in EGYPT

Only we know when Enough is Enough…is it enough yet?

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

Today’s Workplace Entry is from Egypt:

• Official Language: Arabic
• Currency: Egyptian pounds
• Cleopatra was the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt. She was only 18 years old when she started to rule. (Wow!)
• The Nile river is the world’s longest river running.  It is 4,132 miles
• Egyptians still use old wooden sailing boats called feluccas to sail the Nile.

P.S. Is it time for you to set sail in your career to the next port? 

 

Strength is Knowing When It's Time To Bend Like A Tree In The Wind

The bosses are speaking down to me yet I am one of the top five employees (by survey metrics / completed assignments) out of my team.

~Worker Living in CALIFORNIA

Today, I will honor my strengths and appreciate myself.

If I don’t; then who will?

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

P.S. Lean Into Letting Go…Just Lend Into It

Finding Support and Learning to Say NO

There is tons of work that is assigned on me.

Too much is expected of me.

I have been supporting all departments in our company. I am supporting external and internal customers. But nobody is supporting me on my tasks.

~Worker Living in SINGAPORE

We all need support. 

Sometimes to get that support we need to ask for it.

Sometimes to get that support we need to set boundaries.

Learn to say NO.

If you can’t say no; then let people know what is on your plate and when you can reasonably complete the task they have assigned.

If you are not overloaded with tons of work today, be grateful.

You are reading from the book Just Quit & Live

Our Just Quit & Live Survey:
Below is a survey link which has a list of questions to help you determine if you are READY to Just Quit Your Job Without Another One:  Take Our Survey!  

Today’s Workplace Situation is from Singapore:

• Official Language: Mandarin Chinese
• Currency: Singapore dollars
• Many things in Singapore are named after Sir Stamford Raffles, the British founder of Singapore
• Rickshaws were invented around 1868 and are still used in Singapore.  Below is a ride through Singapore on a Rickshaw – human-powered transport….