I’ve been at my job, a kitchen for eight years. I recently had an episode a month back, it felt like a heart attack. It was one of the scariest things I have ever felt. It happened again and again over the next few weeks.
I went to a heart doctor, and he said, there is nothing wrong with your heart. It’s stress, you’re having panic attacks he said. I have not felt normal for some time.
Every now and again, when I have time off, or am actively participating in my hobbies, and passions, I feel like my old self again.
But most days I just feel bad. It’s a horrible feeling that I would never wish on anyone. I don’t ever want to feel this way ever again.
I have strongly disliked my job for many years and have suffered problems related to stress because of it, but never this bad.
It’s just too much and I can’t put myself thru it any more.
~Worker Living in Florida
Sometimes all it takes is for us to lose ourselves in our hobbies.
They are our passions.
They allow us to de- stress.
They allow us to un-think.
They can pull us out of a deep depression.
Those hobbies can help us find our way, our path, and our plan.
Today, do your hobby or if you don’t have a hobby then go to a hobby store and walk around it and decide to try something that interest you…then…you’ll have a hobby.
I’m depressed; there is no growth prospect. I’m not enjoying what I am doing and I’m working with stupid people. I feel like I am getting no skills here and not improving myself.
This job is actually stagnating me and making me unemployable.
No matter how hard I work I will never be promoted because of my lack of education. I have tried to study but have no support and I am really interested in IT.
Finding a new job in South Africa with our unemployment at 50+% will be hard but I can’t bear this job anymore.
~Worker Living in South Africa
If you know exactly what you want, then it’s already there waiting for you to come and get it.
Move towards what you know you want to do.
Doors will open and opportunities will present themselves…even without a degree.
My job makes me miserable. I’m not interested in the work at all. I feel so drained that I’ve stopped creating new things to sell in my Etsy business. It’s also damaging my outlook on life and relationships.
~Worker Living in United Kingdom
Don’t stop creating.
If you can create ANYTHING (food, art, music, etc.) with your hands then do it today.
Even if you don’t feel like doing it, still do it.
We were BORN to create…so create something today.
I don’t like my workplace.
I don’t like management.
It’s not what I want to do at all.
It is thousands of kilometers away from the only thing that matters to me – my family. I don’t like where I live and miss my culture.
~Worker Living in Australia
There are some jobs that we have moved away from family, friends and our home country to pursue. At first it can be exciting…new place…new city…new experiences… THEN…the lights come on and you see the mess that you are in.
It seems almost impossible to figure out how to get out of where you are. You just want to be able to go home…be like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz and click your heels three times and just go home.
Well, it might not be that easy, but that is a start. To KNOW what you want to do. Name it. Identify it. See it. You have to see it on the inside before it materializes on the outside.
I dread waking up every morning and going to work.
Sunday nights are extremely depressing.
There hasn’t been any growth for me in more than a year.
I don’t get along with my boss.
I hate sitting in a cubicle.I hate crouching over a computer.I hate sitting under fluorescent lights.
I hate that my life is neglected because I have to go to work somewhere else and give all of my time and energy to a cause I no longer believe in.
~Worker Living in California
Our energy and our essence belongs to us.
We can exchange our time for a salary, but our energy is ours.
You can work on a project, or work retail, or fast food for that matter and give your time, mind and hands; but there is a life force that belongs to you.
Today and everyday carve out time to focus on the energy that flows through your body. If you feel it is depleted…ask for more energy. There is an abundant supply of energy that comes from a Source outside of us.
Just ask: “Please give me an abundant supply of life force energy today. I need it today to flow through my body and help me work on or towards causes that I believe in. Show me what I need to do to get more energy.”
I hate my job and am ready for a career change.
I feel it is time for me to move on and I can’t do that while I’m stuck at my job. The job is guaranteed misery.
Quitting is the unknown but it is certainly no guaranteed misery. It’s the opportunity to start fresh and do something new.
~Worker Living in Illinois
Change is moving from the known to the unknown. That’s why it seems scary. But what good is the known if we know it’s not working for us.
It’s time to move on.
Who knows what the future holds. No one knows for sure. You might be on the cusp of stepping into the very reason that you were born…right here…right now…today…
I take $400 out of savings each month to cover what my pay check doesn’t.
My job has no future.
My house needs repairs and I have the material. My house is too small for my family.
I’m a veteran and I have a degree. I make $15.00/hr.
~OKLAHOMA
Our veterans have endured.
They have suffered.
Many have survived, but some have given it all.
Our veterans are coming back from war, some wounded and some to a job with no future.
Today, we will honor our veterans.
We will honor their service.
We will send up a prayer today for each and every veteran that they may be happy.