The type of work that I do, I am not happy with. At the end of the day I do not have a sense of satisfaction or gratification that I did something meaningful or worthwhile.

I am in a position where I scam customers for their money in return for very little to them. I do not “help” people in a way that I want to. I wear a suit and tie and I clean cars in 100+degree heat. I did not go to college to do this and I deserve so much better.

I work 50 hours a week and I am physically and mentally drained from work. I do not spend time with family or friends like I used to and I have a very bad attitude because all week I take nothing but bullsh*t from customers complaining over nothing. I bend over backwards to make them happy and make my managers richer while my pay check stays the same.

I need to do work where I am helping others in a positive fashion and where I can make a difference. My efforts need to be a part of the “bigger picture”.

Working at this company is horrible, the working conditions, the business practices they teach us, and the terrible management invasion of privacy is something I absolutely hate. I need to find something else!

~Worker Living in WEST VIRGINIA

Today, step back from your life and look at the “bigger picture”.

Put your life into perspective.

What is the big picture you ask:  one day like everyone else we will no longer exist.  None of us know the day it will happen. All we know is that it is an appointment for everyone.

Are you doing something with your life that matters, that is meaningful and worthwhile?

Are you helping or are you hurting others?

Really take a look at the bigger picture and put this one job into perspective.

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

P.S.

Today is Grandparents Day.  If you are a grandparent think about the legacy you want to leave your grandchildren. Don’t ask what can I do? Say yes I will do something and then start doing it.

If you still have a grandparent living…call them…or go see them and listen to them. Yes, they will ask about your life but try to turn the tables and ask about them, their stories, and just listen. 

Your Body Doesn't Lie. Listen To It. Pay Attention to Your Health.

I dread going to work.

I don’t like the direction the company is going.

I feel very unfulfilled in my job and there are no opportunities for advancement in the company.

My health is suffering and I believe it is the stress of the job.

~Worker Living in the DISTRICT OF COLOMBIA

Yes, our health is suffering because of the stress from this job.

Sometimes it sneaks up on us.  We don’t know for sure that we are under stress because of the job, then all of a sudden there it is – sleepless nights, eating issues, losing or gaining weight, nervous system issues, headaches, etc.

Your body doesn’t lie; it’s trying to get your attention.  Pay Attention.

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

Knowing When To Get Help - Tell Someone The Truth

My job is unfulfilling and it makes me even more depressed… it’s not worth it.

I  wanna kill myself when I think about having to waste eight hours there each night.

~Worker Living in WISCONSIN

Today, if I am thinking suicidal thoughts because of my job I will get help.

I will call someone who I trust and tell them I’m in a bad place right now.

They will know what to do to help me because I can trust them.

I will get help.

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

Your Soul Knows What To Do

It is crushing my soul.

~Worker Living in NORTH CAROLINA

We know when we are in soul crushing jobs. 

We know because we feel soul-less. 

We know because we feel we deserve better.

We DO deserve better.  We will have better.

We will find our purpose.

We will find our way out of this job.

Ask the universe to help you find a way out of this soul-crushing job, then patiently wait while you work the Steps.

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

P.S.

How do you ask the universe to help you?  Get beyond your conscious mind to the subconscious universal mind.  It is there inside of you. You HAVE to quiet your thinking mind and get to NO thoughts.  Get Quiet. Breathe. Meditate. 

"Just Quit" is About A Journey and A Purpose...It's Not About A Job

After six years with my current employer I am starting to feel like I am going in circles.

I am not really in a good position to advance because I work remotely and yet I am one of the longest employed marketing professionals in my segment of the company.

I find I don’t have the patience for the interactions. They feel meaningless.

We are doing neat things as a company but I don’t feel like there is any celebration of what we do. Criticism is just heaped on top of criticism and there is always some opportunity that we missed that is reason for disappointment.

I don’t really believe anymore that the path that I am on is right for me. Maybe it was two, three, four years ago. But I am back in the same place that I have been several times and I am left wondering when will it be enough.

~Worker Living in MINNESOTA

“Just Quit” is a journey.

A journey that should never end.

You should always be letting go to let come.  Your passions will change.  Your interests will change.  You will gain skills and perfect them over time. 

Things will get boring as you do them over and over again. That’s ok. 

You are just growing. You may have outgrown your job and feel like you are “going in circles”. 

It’s just time to go back to the Steps so you can move forward on your journey.

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

 

Endings Lead to Beginnings...Begin Again...

The company culture does not support the unit, or me.

It affronts my values.

I don’t respect my boss because she chooses not to trust me.

~Worker Living in CANADA

Knowing what we value helps us to find a profession that we love and are passionate about.

If we know that where we are currently working affronts our values then we need to determine when we will bring this job to an end.

The cycle of life consists of new beginnings followed by an ending.

Birth, death, and rebirth.

Use the fact that you know what you value to help you bring an end to this particular job,  so you can start doing something you are passionate about.

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

 

It's Labor Day 2019 - A Great Day For A BreakThrough

SEPTEMBER

The shell must break before the bird can fly.

~ Alfred Tennyson  

I’m at a glass ceiling.

The job is boring. They have not had a raise in five years at this company.

I feel that life is passing me by.

~Worker Living in GEORGIA

We need to breakthrough.

It’s not about the glass ceilings that companies or organizations erect; but the ones that we erect in our own minds.

It starts with the broken record of negative thoughts that swirl around in our minds about our situation, about the possibilities, about our dashed dreams, about the useless degree, about the missed opportunities, about the lack of ideas, about the ideas that didn’t work….the breakthrough starts with your thoughts.

Think Differently Today.

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

P.S.

If you’re reading this and in the U.S. more than likely you have a day OFF of work.  OFF for Labor Day.  So, make a good use of  this day.  How do you do that?  Ask yourself this one question and just wait for the answer to emerge…

If I could do ANYTHING with my LABOR (physical and mental effort to create goods and services) what would it be?

NOW…once the answer emerges (and it will, if you keep asking that question)…MOVE towards it…do something to create that good or service…JUST START and then keep going…(BTW…what is the point of all of your experiences, jobs, books you’ve read, places you’ve been, skills you’ve developed, things you know….if…you are not going to DO something with it all…that MAYBE only YOU can do?  What is the point? It might take a LONG time for things to materialize, but it will NEVER happen if you don’t START.  Create SOMETHING with your labor that you are proud of and that improves you and your corner of the world. )

labor:

The aggregate of all human physical and mental effort used in creation of goods and services.

Labor is a primary factor of production. The size of a nation’s labor force is determined by the size of its adult population, and the extent to which the adults are either working or are prepared to offer their labor for wages

Read more: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/labor.html#ixzz3C4IeI6tG