Happiness Is A Choice; Get the Stress Out of Your System Then Decide To Be Happy

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

Q: Why do you want to quit your job EVEN if you don’t have another job lined-up?

Shouting It Out – June 30

 MY BOSS AND HIS BROTHER ARE MICROMANAGING A**HOLES THAT BELITTLE PUBLICLY HUMILIATE AND VERBALLY ABUSE THEIR EMPLOYEES. 

~Worker Living in VIRGINIA

 

Yes, sometimes we need to shout out what is wrong.

What is not working.

What we are angry about.

What is unfair.

What we hate.

When was the last time you were able to find a place to shout about all of that?

Sometimes we just need to get it out…somehow we need to get it out of our systems. Until we do, all of that bent up frustration just keeps us stuck, miserable and mumbling under our breath.

Today, find a safe way to release the tension and stress.

P.S.

My sister Linda helped me edit this book. Her recommendation was to not include entries with profanity or to put in asterisks  (**SHOLES).  I understood her recommendation and even considered it; but I decided to allow the authenticity of emotion to come through.  This is the reality of how people feel who are miserable in their jobs.  They might not curse out loud; but they are screaming in their heads.

It is real.  

If you are going through misery in your job today; you might have to get out all of the negativity swirling around in your head and inside of your body.  

You should not be violent and you SHOULD practice control over YOUR emotions.  It’s a sign of maturity…BUT..if you need to get it out…Get it out…

AFTER you get it out…

MOVE ON…

and realize that happiness is a choice…and so is staying stressed about your job, the people you work for and with…just move on…and DECIDE you are going to be happy.

REGARDLESS of the work situation you find yourself in today.

 

Respect Yourself Because...What You Put Up With...You End Up With

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

Q: Why do you want to quit your job EVEN if you don’t have another job lined-up?

Having Self Respect – June 29 

I am really depressed with my IT job.

I feel really stressed every day to go to the job. I am in a position of do or die state. If I don’t perform well I will be fired.

I think it’s a better decision to leave my job without having one lined up.

This decision is mainly to retain my self-respect.

~Worker Living in INDIA

Today, I will respect myself. 

I will focus on doing what I have to do in order to respect myself today.

Every Ending Is A New Beginning....Ask Yourself: Am I At The End of This Job?

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

Q: Why do you want to quit your job EVEN if you don’t have another job lined-up?

Endings Lead to Beginnings – June 28

 I’m not happy.

It’s no longer satisfying or meaningful. I’m not feeling challenged. It’s discouraging and frustrating.

I feel stuck.

There are no more good days.

I wonder what difference I’m making to those I’m supposedly helping and also it’s not making any good of a difference in my life. I am no longer challenged or feel there is any growth from this job.

 ~Worker Living in CALIFORNIA

 

 

For everything there is a beginning, middle and ending. 

Am I at the end of this job?

Don’t let the answer scare you, let it excite you. 

The end of one thing allows for the beginning of another.

Again, are you at the end of this job?

Your Energy Flows Where Your Focus Goes...TODAY Focus On Yourself...If You Don't Who Will?

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

 Q: Why do you want to quit your job EVEN if you don’t have another job lined-up?

Focusing on Ourselves – June 27

I need to focus on me and my education.

I have spent a lot of time giving to work, training, picking up shifts, volunteering without receiving anything in return.

It is time for me to focus on me and what I need.

~Worker Living in CANADA

Today, focus on yourself and your own needs.

It’s okay to figure out what WE need and fulfill that need.

P.S.

It’s Called Being Healthy Selfish…Just For TODAY…FOCUS on Yourself  (Start with your thoughts because they control your life.)

Where Your Talents and the Needs of the World Cross; There Lies Your Vocation.~Aristotle

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

Q: Why do you want to quit your job EVEN if you don’t have another job lined-up?

Passions – June 26

I want to do what I am passionate about.

My job is just a means of income which gives me no fulfillment, nor uses my gifts and talents.

I want to offer programs in the community, open a business and write more books.   

~Worker Living in MICHIGAN

Today, I will do something that offers me fulfillment by using my gifts and talents.

Don’t Let Your Job Take Away Your Joy – Do Something Today That YOU Enjoy Doing

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

Q: Why do you want to quit your job EVEN if you don’t have another job lined-up?

I’m not respected, this company isn’t my passion. 

I don’t like marketing,

I just want to paint and create things.

~Worker Living in MASSACHUSETTS

We might not feel like it, we might be drained and we might be depressed, but, we need to do something today that gives us joy.

Don’t let this job take away your joy.

Use your own time to do something today that you enjoy…even if it is only for one moment.

P.S. You can’t enjoy your life and complain about it at the same time…so if you can’t think of what you enjoy doing…STOP doing something (complaining) that is stealing your joy…just for 24 hours. 

~Ridea Richardson

Are You Dealing With Bullies At Work? It Is A Prevalent Issue in Today's Workplace.

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

Q: Why do you want to quit your job EVEN if you don’t have another job lined-up?

My job is monotonous. I do research for a financial firm and have very little to do every day, but the small amount of responsibility I have affects millions of dollars’ worth of stock. 90% of the time I’m bored out of my mind and the other 10% of the time I’m stressed out like no one would believe. 

My boss does not deliver any insight or constructive criticism to his employees except for once a year during 20 minute personal evaluations.

I am also on a team and have been harassed for the past 3-4 years by two women. My teammates talk loudly within earshot of my office about how strange my personality is, how I don’t fit the corporate culture (wealthy with yachts and large families), how I’m too risky with my decisions at work, how my hair looks, etc. I’ve been repeatedly followed to the bathroom by a co-worker who told another teammate she “just wants to see what [I’ll] do.”

I’ve complained to human resources and have been told that I can file paperwork for harassment, but in all likelihood I would be fired instead of my co-workers for “rocking the boat.” I feel like my job has very little purpose and the only thing I accomplish by going into work is being the subject of harassment.

~Worker Living in CONNECTICUT

 

Today, I will deal with any bullies at work, even if that bully is my boss. 

How I deal with it is up to me. 

I might not confront them directly, but I will deal with it. 

If they have been bullying me for years then obviously what I am doing isn’t working, so I need to do something different.

We aren’t kids anymore, but workplace emotional bullying hurts just as much as when we were kids in junior, middle and high school. But we aren’t kids. We can take care of ourselves.  We can make adult decisions. We can deal with these workplace bullies. 

~Ridea Richardson