I'm adding on to this thread instead of starting a new one. Sorry, I know it was originally written a long time ago, but I was going to start a new thread about exactly this topic, and I figured it might make sense to just re-use this one.

Anyway, I just wanted to vent about how much work (jobs) suck for me. I have said for years that I am exactly the type of person who needs to be independently wealthy because I don't have the mindset or personality suited to the working world. If I had more money than I knew what to do with, I would not be one of those folks who continue to work!

For me, I think I got a bad start because I went to college to be a high school teacher, and I didn't figure out until after I did my student teaching that I didn't want to teach after all. But, I also had no idea what I did want to do. (Well, I think even at that young age I knew I didn't want to work at all). But, I wanted to have money to support myself and to be able to do and buy fun things. So, I came out of college with a BA in communications, and I just started trying to find any job I could get.

From that point forward, I just kept switching jobs as each one would become too stressful, toxic, and/or exhausting. I have always had a strong work ethic, and I tried to do every job to the best of my ability. I could learn new things pretty quickly, and I just went with the flow and took on various roles - everything from clerical, to data entry, to customer service...etc. etc.

Eventually, I got into project management and business analysis roles. I decided to go with the business analysis side because project management was often too political for my taste. I landed in the Info Tech world, and I have been doing that for many years. At many different companies. Ten different companies to be exact.

So, now, I have depression, anxiety, and PTSD and I find that the loathe of working is greatly heightened. If I thought it was just a matter of changing companies (again), I could do that. But, in my entire life, I have never loved any job or any company. I have liked some of my coworkers, and a few of my superiors, but never liked the jobs.

In my current mind frame, I wish with every fiber of my being that I could escape working. I struggle every week day to get through each day. All I can think about is how much I don't want to be there. But, I know I have to. Unfortunately, no one will pay me to just live my life and do things I want to do (which, at the current time, is mostly watch TV/movies, read about various topics online, and sleep).

I was very relieved to find that so many other people feel similarly about work. Just wanted to pile on, I suppose.