Be Honest With Yourself About Your Job

I dislike what I do. I chose my profession as the backup to the career I really wanted. I have not moved into the career that I wanted and my chosen career takes all my time.

Every day, I wake up depressed about going into my job. I even cry in the shower and the car on the way to work. I am so emotionally drained from the work week; I don’t have any energy to pursue my passions.

I shy away from friends and family because I don’t want to talk about my job, and perhaps show how depressed I am to anyone.

I believe it has started to cause health problems from all the stress.

~Worker Living in GEORGIA

We have to face facts, first to ourselves then to others. 

We have to be honest with ourselves.

If we are hiding the truth about the situation even to ourselves we will remain stuck…year-after-year-after-year. 

We’ll look up and one day we’ll be close to old age and we didn’t do anything in our work-life that mattered to us or that we were passionate about.

Today, be honest with yourself. 

Tell yourself about how you feel about your current job. 

Just be honest, even if it is painful to accept.

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

No More Excuses

I’ve been ready to leave since 2010 but fear and money has kept me from making the decision.

There is nothing wrong with the job or the people, but I know in my heart this is not what I want to continue to do, because it fills me with dread every day. The feeling has only grown worse over the years.

In 2010 I set up a website which is my ultimate dream of being able to earn my income, but working full-time is making it very difficult to spend the time I need on my website.

~Worker Living in UNITED KINGDOM

That’s it.

Today, if you have a website or a blog and you love working on it, then work on it.

WHILE you are working this job that “fills you with dread”; WORK ON YOUR OWN THING.

If working on it brings you joy, then great. Even if you don’t make a dime for YEARS you have given yourself joy working on something you are interested in.

Something will break.

You’ll figure out a way to make money on it, or something else that interest you.

No more excuses.

 

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

Skydive Into Your Future

I’m not professionally happy and feel undervalued in my current role.

My job no longer motivates me to work hard and contribute 100%.

I also feel burnt out after 15 years of working at high speeds in a high demand environment.

I have a decent bit of money saved up (enough for at least 4-6 months) and feel confident that I can tap my network for consulting opportunities to fill the gap in long- term employment.

~Worker Living in NEW YORK

After you have worked the Steps and the kinks in the plan then it’s time to take the “Just Quit” Step…it feels strange…even when you know-that-you-know AND you are prepared…it still feels strange. 

You can’t believe you are actually going to do it.

It’s like skydiving. You know you’re going to land somewhere you just don’t know where, when or how. (Don’t let that example scare you).

You’re so use to knowing where you are going to land before you leave a place.  You don’t know this time because there is no job to go to.

You are not getting laid off. This is a decision you are making, but it is a decision you are prepared to make. You have saved enough money and here you are at the jumping off point. 

There is all this opportunity. 

There is all this possibility.

It’s wide-open for you.

You just have to take that final Step and fly into your future.

STOP Playing It Safe

I am constantly wrong in my bosses eyes and I cannot do anything right.

I have been accused of unfounded and baseless actions regarding customer service, job performance, time management, accused of saying things that were untrue, and using foul language contributing to the bad behavior.

I’ve been alerted that this job may not be a good fit, by my immediate supervisor.

I have been told I am a phenomenal manager, but I need to work twice as hard because I am a person of color to prove to them that I can do the job, bigger, better and faster.

~Worker Living in UTAH

Sometimes we feel like we are being pushed out of the door and mistreated. Nothing seems to be working out for us. 

Maybe, just maybe, we are in our situations because there is something better for us.

Maybe, just maybe, the universe wants you to get out of your comfort zone…grow…do something else…that maybe BIGGER and BETTER.

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

Don't Stop Believing In Your Ideas

I have two business ideas.

One is developing websites which I have clients already.

The other is an idea I know will work:-)

~Worker Living in the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

We all have ideas.

Sometimes we have too many ideas.  We can’t figure out which one or ones to pursue.

We’ve tried stuff before and it didn’t work out.

We failed.

We failed again and again with idea after idea.

What makes us think this idea is going to work AND eventually pay the bills?

We won’t know unless we flesh it out.

Today, gather your ideas.  Write them down. Develop them.  See which ones have merit. It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve failed or failed to start (or finish) before.

Today is a new day, work Step 4.

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

Fear Is A Choice...So Is Courage

Because after 18 months in that toxic and unprofessional environment that supports bullying and lying, I can no longer pretend to enjoy my role.

I am still unsure what my responsibilities are. There is no scope for growth for me and I report to an incompetent lying lazy person whom I do not trust.

Thinking of going to work makes me feel sick despite fighting the feelings of negativity.

~Worker Living in New Zealand

When we know it’s time to leave, then it’s time to leave.

We don’t have to second hundred guess ourselves.

When it’s time to go; then it’s time to go. 

Don’t be afraid. 

Have courage. 

Start moving in a new direction.

“May My Boss Be Happy Today Day”

I am not happy at all doing what I’ve been doing.

I feel bored doing the same thing over and over again for the past few quarters and I don’t work well with the new superior.

If I’m allowed to… I’d call him a jerk!

~Worker Living in MALAYSIA

We have all been there at one point or another where we think our boss or the bosses are jerks.  They don’t listen, they don’t care, they this and they that. 

You can think they are jerks and you can even call them that (to yourself of course) but what does that get you? You are still stuck.  You are still working for them. 

Instead, just for today, let’s turn it around.  Your boss, everyone’s boss – they are people; they are human just like you are.  You might hate them, think they are not smart, and even think they are jerks.  They might mistreat you; take credit for your work, etc., etc., etc.

Just for today totally focus and say with all sincerity: “May (insert the jerk bosses name here) be happy.”  

It might feel strange when you say it for the first time but say it nonetheless.

We all just want to be happy. 

Wish for your ”jerk” boss that they may be happy.  Somehow showing compassion and letting go of the anger you may feel about your boss loosens something somewhere and things start to positively change.

Give it a try…just for today…if you so desire you can go back to calling them a jerk tomorrow.

Today…all over the world is: “May my boss be happy today” Day.  

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