[new_guy245]

Way too much going on this fall. First off, I am in a rut. Especially in my career. I am looking for jobs but I am locked into a contract here for a year. How do you get motivated to continue working at a place that you are not crazy about?

If you read my other post, I am beginning to get over an incredibly strong crush on a student that developed over a year. Today I was teaching my class and flashes of memories with him kept bothering me. I MISS him and I don't MISS him. How conflicted is that? I am using positive affirmations to tell myself I am doing the right thing by not getting this crush get any more intense.

I feel like a change of place would help. Do you ever feel like ditching everything and starting over in a new city where you have no memories you wanna get rid of? I have to wait at least a year to see if I get a new job else where. I can't even imagine being stuck here for 2 years. Any strategies to cope? I have friends to keep me distracted every now and then. But other than that, it's turning out to be very hard.

[kaliope]

I reached a point where it was really hard for me to go to work so I had to find the positive things about my job and focus on those things in the morning to get me out the door. for a while the whole focus what on my paycheck. I wanted to keep that rolling in. but then I started looking at my coworkers and the people I help. and I really enjoy those aspects of my job. after a while of focusing on the positive things I got over my feelings of it being a burden to go to work. good luck and take care.