Change your job!
Our job has a major part of defining our lives. My instant reaction to reading this would be – no way! I hate the idea, but let us be honest with ourselves. We spend 8 hours a day doing it. We spend on average near to 2 hours getting there and back. We spend time in the morning getting ready for it, we spend time getting out of our work attire… and after all that, when you think you’re safe sitting at the dinner table with non work people, you find yourself talking about it! “How was work today?”
So lets just admit it – our work and job defines our lives. So when we decide we want to make a big change in our lives, we have a choice between following the example set by our celecrities and doing some thing that is actually going to have a positive effect on our lives. Personally, I’d rather not randomly have cosmetic surgery, I’m beautiful enough as it is without the face lift. So I would opt for the latter, and in my case the most obvious thing to do is change your place of work. Even more, change the nature of your work.
Most people when asked, so not enjoy their jobs, they do not enjoy their work. So when making a change, think carefully about what you would actually like to do. What line of work would you find interesting? What would give you a sense of fulfilment? Most people end up in jobs by happen chance. They leave college, and like kids with loads of energy they just grasp around for something till they find a temporary job. This then leads onto something a bit more permanent and suddenly a few years have gone by. So if you are reconsidering your position, do so carefully and well. You have just reached a unique position right now, many people never rethink their jobs. So whilst you have the courage, choose a profession that you would actually like to do, and peruse it.
So finally a note on rejection. If you haven’t applied for a job in while (like me) it is a daunting thing to get rejected. It brings up the question of whether you are good at what you do, should you have taken the risk in the first place, are you in fact too unskilled and you are never going to find a job again? All these things will pop into your head. What you have to understand preferably before you start, is that it is a probability game. If you were to go to a fairground, and have a go at the shooting game, you already accept that you don’t hit with the first shot. You don’t when you miss the first time stop, give the gun back to the stall owner, and go home defeated and depressed. When you apply for jobs, understand that you will not get the first job you apply for, there will be an amount of rejection. It is not a reflection on you, just accept it and you won’t be affected negatively by it. If you do choose to make a change in your life, I wish you all the luck and I applaud you. The easiest thing to do is ignore the fact that you are unhappy, and many people do it.