Stop Gasping for Air & Find YOUR Flow

I’ve discovered that I do not fit well and am not cut out for life in a PR agency.

~Worker Living in MALAYSIA

We don’t have to continue to be a fish out of water. 

We don’t have to continue to use skills that we don’t like and to us are not our strongest skills.

We don’t have to try to fit into a round hole when we are a square peg.

We can find where we fit.  We can find our flow.

If you don’t fit where you are today and you know it…great…you know what you DON’T want to do.  Don’t go looking for another job doing that. No matter how desperate you get don’t try to convince yourself that it’s easier to get another job with the same title or in the same industry you are currently in.  Seems plausible, but it probably won’t make you happy, because it’s not where you fit. 

Find your flow.

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

Practicing Yoga daily is a great way to find your flow.  It helps connect your mind, body and spirit. Maya Fiennes has good Kundalini Yoga material. 

About the Location for today’s story: Malaysia

• It is in Southeast Asia near Singapore
• Official Language: Bahasa Malaysia
• Currency: Ringgits
• It is multi-ethnic and multi-cultural and Islam is the state religion
• There is a west Malaysia and east Malaysia – almost like two separate countries
• They have had one of the best economic records in Asia. The Chinese make-up 1/3 of population but account for 70% of the market capitalism.  Many belong to something called the Bamboo Network.
• Malaysia is the largest producers of tin, rubber and palm oil.

Move Forward. Cross the Monkey Bars.

I feel like the job I’m doing now is not taking me anywhere. 

It frustrates me always.

I think it is time to let go and move forward.     

~Worker Living in VIRGINIA

We cannot move forward until we let go. 

Once we let go (of holding on) then we can let come the future that is waiting for us.

Today ask yourself: “What exactly am I holding on to?” Hint:  If you feel stuck, depressed, frustrated, ect…then you are holding onto something. Are you afraid of letting that something go?

Now ask: “What am I afraid of?”

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

Another "Just Quit" Story...People Are Waking Up All Over The World...

The below survey entry came in yesterday, September 12, 2014. It is not in the book, but I wanted to honor this person’s request to tell their story to the world.  Here you go:

*I already quit my job, and just wanted to take the survey and tell someone else my story*

I was physically in pain everyday.

I worked for them for 2 years and suffered through back to back groin sprains, stiff fingers that couldn’t bend to touch my palms in the morning, swollen feet after work, bruising on my legs, scratches up and down my arms, exhaustion, and I experienced my first breakdown at work where I had to collapse into a crouching position.

I’ve applied for my jobs’ manager position (which I did qualify for) but they were telling me to work my way up (from the bottom) to get to the manager position. Meanwhile they continued to train an undergraduate student in the manager position I wanted and hired them directly INTO the manager position upon graduation!

My body was physically breaking down when I decided to quit.

My decision was solidified when my manager requested mandatory overtime (I had to use my vacation time to call out of work for that day – If not I probably would have dragged myself into work for a 2nd mental breakdown).

The next week I submitted my 2 week resignation letter. I could not save money.

I too feel like something good is going to turn up.

I quit 8/27/14 and I feel awesome, relieved, happy, free and my body feels better too.

There is still some nerve damage but it too will heal.

Quitting my job has been one of the best decisions I have made in my life.

Feeling Like A Fish Out of Water? STOP Trying To Be A Fish.

I start to panic on Sunday evening when I think about going to work on Monday. I stay up as late as possible to postpone the inevitable.

I feel like a fish out of water at my job.

I have been getting sick frequently, gained weight, and have skin problems because of the stress.

I stopped caring about the things I used to enjoy. I truly don’t want to do anything in the evenings or weekends because I’m just so exhausted from my job.

~Worker Living in OHIO

After we make our list of why we think we need to “Just Quit” then we need to counterbalance it and ask ourselves: “Is it possible that things could get BETTER on this job? Is there anything that might happen on this job, in this place that would make me want to stay?” 

Listen for the answers.  

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

P.S.

Half the time the problem we have is that we try to be like everyone else.  Or we do what other people think we should do.

Until you have the courage to be YOU and do what YOU are meant to do…you’ll always feel like a fish out of water… even if you SHOULD be happy (because you have a job or you’re making decent money). 

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR LIFE?

Three Magic Words

Why Are You Here? What Are You Suppose To Be Doing With Your Life?

I don’t enjoy what I do and need the time and stress-free experience to find out what I truly want to do.

The enjoyment of the job is no longer there and there is no motivation to try and excel at what I’m doing.

It has crept over into my personal life, making me less happy as a person overall. 

~Worker Living in VIRGINIA

We need to find our authentic selves.

Sometimes in order to do that we need to eliminate all of the noise and static of our current job so we can find out what we really want.  That is what “Just Quit” is  about:  letting go of what we know is not working (and will not work) EVEN if we don’t have something to replace it with right away.

We can make preparations to have some time to find our authentic selves (and still be able to eat of course)… that’s why planning is so important.  

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

Feeling Demoted Is A Wake-up Call

Because of organizational changes it has resulted in my being pushed into a lesser role than I had previously.

~Worker Living in COLORADO

Some of us have been here:  we still have our jobs, same title even, but our role has changed.

Our role is diminished.

We feel like we have been demoted.

We can’t see a way forward, only a way out.

Sometimes things happen to cause use to wake up and to act…to do something…to make a change.

It’s a wake-up call.

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

Stop Crawling. Stop Cocooning. Start Flying.

I am tired of getting up at 5:15 every weekday. I spend two hours a day on the road.

I do not have support of administration in trying to do my best to educate students.

I have been moved three times in two years.

I find myself unable to do anything at the end of the day other than come home, eat, watch TV and go to bed; no energy left over. 

I am ready for a change. 

~Worker Living in TENNESSEE

Today, we are ready for a change.

We will not be afraid of a change.

We are ready and we can handle it.

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