Take A Stand For Yourself For A Change

I wake up every day and wonder if this is all there is. I don’t believe I am doing the public any good. My company is purely driven by profit and I am not that type of person.

I truly want to do something to better the world.

My boss, though not a terrible person, buys into the corporate jargon.

I care about people and all I do is determine who to cut. It is truly depressing.

~Worker Living in PENNSYLVANIA

Today, take a stand. 

Take a stand for SOMETHING you believe in.

It doesn’t matter what that SOMETHING is, just take a stand. Until you can start TAKING a stand you will continue to waver and wonder exactly where you stand. 

Action...Do Something Today...

I feel miserable every morning and every minute I spend in this office. I don’t believe in their corporate values. I am constantly loaded with a huge amount of stress.

I am not listened to. I am being lectured and patronized every day about how I shouldn’t get so stressed. My boss is making me feel as if it is only my fault and that I take things so personally (maybe it is, but this is the way I am).

I don’t give a sh*t about what I am doing.I am not passionate about it in the slightest and that is why I get so stressed about it probably.

I can’t switch off properly when I am leaving the office, because when I come back from holidays an overwhelming feeling of anguish is pervading me.  I feel like I am wasting my time.

~Worker Living in the UNITED KINGDOM

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

All we have is time. Our life is just a series of minutes, hours and days. We have today.  We begin each day with a clean slate.

What are we going to do with today? 

What actions are we going to take to make it out of this job situation? Today, we need to take one action; maybe it is to start and develop one new habit that will help us to break the cycle.

Do something today. 

Don't Give Up. Just Hold On. Hold On To Hope. Hope That Next Year Will Be A Good Year.

I’ve been working my butt off for almost nine years and have never gotten a promotion. I don’t make enough each month to do anything extra because I’m a single mom who just got her daughter through college and another one in Cosmetology School.

I have racked up $52,000 in parent plus loans.

I’m frustrated that in order to buy Christmas gifts this year I had to use credit cards and know that I will struggle for another 6 months next year to pay them off. I never am able to go out to dinner. I never am able to take a trip anywhere while all my friends my age are able to.

I also have every responsibility on my shoulders and between that stress and work stress I had a heart attack last year.

I’m sick of everything and want to make my life simple. I want to give up. I don’t even have the brain power to think up a plan let alone a penny to save for my “six months without a job” plan.      

~Worker Living in PENNSYLVANIA

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

Sometimes and some days it all seems impossible. 

We can’t keep up and we want to give up. Things just aren’t working out for us.  Things don’t seem fair and we don’t know why. 

It doesn’t seem like we are going to make it, but we are.  We are going to make it.  We have come too far to give up now. We have endured too much to give up now. 

Just hold on.  Life is about change.  Nothing stays the same.  This time will pass and we will get through it.

Is Your Workplace A Sad Place To Be Everyday? Find Your Happy.

This is not what I was looking for. 

I’m not learning and it’s not what I have in mind for my career.

I have a job and it pays and I still have something to do each day when I show up here, but I am not inspired. I’m not learning and I’m under-performing.

It’s just a sad place to be each day.

~Worker Living in the UNITED KINGDOM

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

There are only a few universal emotions that everyone experiences: happiness, joy, surprise, anger, fear and sadness. 

From time to time we all feel sad. That’s okay.  It is not however okay when we feel sad every day or almost every day.  It is not okay if we don’t remember the last time we felt joy or happiness.  It’s not okay.  We are not fully living if we are not experiencing the full range of emotions.

Today, ask yourself how you feel and try to make sure you are aware of your feelings and have honest access to the full range of emotions.

You deserve to feel joy and happiness. These too are universal emotions and you should want to experience them on a daily basis. 

4-7-8 Breathing Technique For Stress

I have major depression. I can’t imagine going another day doing what I’m doing and where I’m doing it.

I’m burnt out and on the verge of a breakdown.

My career provides zero satisfaction and I’m not utilizing my talents and interests. I’m dead here.

~Worker Living in California

We are not dead.  We are alive. We only feel dead.

We only feel depleted and depressed, but we are alive.  Because we are alive that means we have more to do. We have a chance.

Today, get up.  Just get up and breathe in to the count of four, hold for seven, and breathe out to the count of eight. Close your eyes, focus on your heart area and rhythmically breathe.  You are alive.  You have a purpose. 

This suffering you are experiencing is helping you to move forward towards that purpose.

 

Have You Talked To A Loved Ones About What's Happening In Your Career?

It is a dead end job. I hate my boss and my co-workers.

I’m underpaid, because of the bad financial situation of the company. But it was worse than now when I came here, and I’ve been working hard and helping to improve the company. I feel like I’m subsidizing the company with my effort because I’m not paid fairly.

I’m young, free and ready for roaming the world looking for a better opportunity. (It would be hard to find something worse than my current job). My boss smokes in the offices – he is rude and dirty. The company’s organization is a mess.

I’m sure this is not the job I want for my future life. When  I think of being in the same job five years from now I think about suicide.

I’ve not told anybody about my decision, because of the high rate of unemployment in my country. My friends and family won’t agree with my decision. I don’t know what I’m going to do in the future, but it’s my life and I only have one life to live.

~Worker Living in SPAIN

It is our life. The only thing we know for sure is that this is our life and we might only have this one chance to experience life.

Step 3 of the Just Quit Steps is to gain support from your loved ones for your decision.  At some point you need to let them know what you have decided to do. 

You should expect them to try to talk you out of it.  You should encourage them to try to do so. They might have thought of things that you haven’t thought of.  REMEMBER THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT LOVE YOU. 

Talking to loved ones is hard, but it is part of the process.  We are individuals, but what we do impacts other peoples’ lives.  We have to be respectful and considerate of that. 

Today, are you ready to tell someone that you love what is happening in your career?  Yes or No.  If yes, proceed.  If no, wait.

Big Risks = Big Rewards; No Risks = No Rewards

1)I am completely and utterly miserable in my corporate marketing job – this is the big reason! 

2) My boyfriend and I have talked about it and can make it work. I will take some time off, head out west to visit some places where I could see us relocating when he finishes his dermatology residency. He can’t wait to move! I’m more hesitant but this is a great time in my life to take some time away from the corporate grind and look to our future.

3) I am a miser and have saved every penny for several years. AKA I have a healthy savings – and my boyfriend will cover our rent while I am “in transition”.

4) I also have considered and have begun seeking out temp/short term contract marketing assignments. Just to keep my toe in the professional water – and, oh yeah, some money coming in!

5) Did I mention how unhappy, unchallenged and unfulfilled I am in my current career?!? Yeah, that.

It is ridiculously scary and I can’t believe I am considering making this a reality, BUT, there is also something very liberating and exciting about it too.

Big risks = big rewards, right?

~Worker Living in OHIO

“Just Quit” is taking a risk. 

Things might not work out the way you planned, but guess what? Things aren’t working out now.

Living our lives to the fullest is going to require that we take calculated risks. 

If you have a plan, if you have a plausible plan, this can all work out. 

You might actually wake up and WANT to get out of bed.  You might be excited about your day.  But you cannot get to the big rewards, or the light at the end of the tunnel, until you go through the transition.  You have to transition from your current job to your new pursuit. 

You can do it. You can.