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Apr 28, 2014, 05:40 PM
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I want to tell those closest to me HOW MUCH I dislike my job. For one, I'm an introvert and it is a human service job, ergo I am in contact with people constantly. With each person I feel myself get weaker and weaker, it becomes hard to concentrate, I easily forget things and have to go back and double check. Meanwhile, the lines grow longer and the increased volume adds to the CHAOS in my mind.
But if someone ask me "How do you like it?" (and I can't stand that question  ) I can't tell them the truth because I know it's just a common phrase of friendly chit-chat like 'Good Morning' or 'How is everything?'The second reason I dislike the job is because I use up so much energy (it's a full time job) that I'm so exhausted I don't have the energy to do much of anything. I'm too tired to call my friends to talk. I'm too tired to pay attention to the dog. I'm too tired to be patient with my family. I'm too tired to write (which is my true calling) or read. My thoughts are mechanic to what I need to do to prepare for the next day: eat, prepare for work, and sleep. I WANT MY LIFE BACK! The third reason is that energy drinks are a NECESSITY. I do switch between yoga and cardio everyday and eat healthy but it doesn't produce enough energy/drive that I need to handle the long lines and multi-tasking between them and the computer and answering the phones and paperwork. I feel it necessary to take to DO ANYTHING. I've started to get sick a certain time of the month where along with the symptoms of a flu (or worse pneumonia) I just feel completely drained. My life revolves around work that I'm not happy with. WHAT CAN I DO TO GET MY LIFE BACK! |
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Apr 28, 2014, 05:53 PM
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I just read your post. That is alot to deal with at a job! How long have you been at that job? If it is something you got with a higher degree, it isn't always easy to change, I guess. Can you transfer to another dept? I learned from experience, as I like people, but not dealing with them face to face all day long, was that ironically for a year I worked at as a customer service rep in a call center I was never mentally or physically tired. I think because I could contain my energy within my cubicle...and with the irate callers, they just got escalated to a manager. I really loved that job, it was very satisfying. Dealing with the public is really tough....I hope you get in touch with what you will do to alleviate the stress. Do you have a T? Peace, "help".
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Apr 30, 2014, 10:08 PM
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It's a little hard to give much advice because I don't know why you are in a job you hate. What is your college situation (pre, post, mid)? Have you looked for another job or career? Or is there some reason you either want to stay or can't leave that job?
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May 01, 2014, 08:53 AM
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I find that it is not only what your college education is..it's about "what the duties are" and the culture of the work place. IMO the degree opens doors but you can hate your work environment and job duties. S*ul is not in the right job. It's tooooo hard to pretend! It takes so much out of you. I posted this quote yesterday..
.....“Often people attempt to live their lives backwards, they try to have more things or more money in order to do more of what they want so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are then do what you need to do in order to have what you want. ” Margaret Young
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May 01, 2014, 01:34 PM
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I agree with brainhi. I was just fired from a call center job which I had no business having in the first place! You talk to 70-80 customers a day (many of them unhappy) and I am very much an introvert. I tried to make myself believe I could put on a good "game face" while I was there just for the money, but every day I was just more and more exhausted. If I wasn't let go, I'm sure one day they would've carried me out of there on a stretcher!
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May 01, 2014, 02:37 PM
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Bluesday, sorry you were let go. Good luck on the next chapter!
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“A person is also mentally weak by the quantity of time he spends to sneak peek into others lives to devalue and degrade the quality of his own life.” Anuj Somany “Psychotherapy works by going deep into the brain and its neurons and changing their structure by turning on the right genes. The talking cure works by "talking to neurons," and that an effective psychotherapist or psychoanalyst is a "microsurgeon of the mind" who helps patients make needed alterations in neuronal networks.” Norman Doidge |
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May 01, 2014, 03:45 PM
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Sounds like congrats! I lasted two weeks in one. It was so depressing because the employees would post pictures of these high ticket items cut out of magazines as if that was the only thing they had to look forward to. Ick! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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