Have you ever had the job you dreamed of? (jobs, pay, bill)
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I have been lucky in the sense that I have been able to find jobs fairly easily my whole life. Some were jobs that I went to school for but most were just b.sing my way into them. I have yet to find one that is satisfying enough to stay at and really feel lost. I think alot of the problem is that I was a stay at home mom for many years until recently so I am use to the routine of being home and liked it. I am married but our survival now rests on my shoulders and I am not the same as I was before marriage and children both health wise and drive. I can't stand the cliques and immaturity of working with the younger set sometimes. Anyone else that can relate would be helpful.
I have been lucky in the sense that I have been able to find jobs fairly easily my whole life. Some were jobs that I went to school for but most were just b.sing my way into them. I have yet to find one that is satisfying enough to stay at and really feel lost. I think alot of the problem is that I was a stay at home mom for many years until recently so I am use to the routine of being home and liked it. I am married but our survival now rests on my shoulders and I am not the same as I was before marriage and children both health wise and drive. I can't stand the cliques and immaturity of working with the younger set sometimes. Anyone else that can relate would be helpful.
I can relate somewhat to that. Although I was not a stay at home MOM, which by the way is one of the hardest jobs there is, I have always just taken whatever job came along to pay the bills nothing that really fed the soul. I also get somewhat peeved at the cliques and immaturity of the younger set but i try to remember that I once was the same. Therefore I try at least to cut some slack but sometimes I just want to scream GROW UP. Guess I am now becoming a grouchy old geezer.
I can relate somewhat to that. Although I was not a stay at home MOM, which by the way is one of the hardest jobs there is, I have always just taken whatever job came along to pay the bills nothing that really fed the soul. I also get somewhat peeved at the cliques and immaturity of the younger set but i try to remember that I once was the same. Therefore I try at least to cut some slack but sometimes I just want to scream GROW UP. Guess I am now becoming a grouchy old geezer.
So how do you keep your spirits up while not "feeding your soul"? I guess I am more the type to work for myself but can't afford to.
So how do you keep your spirits up while not "feeding your soul"? I guess I am more the type to work for myself but can't afford to.
That is a hard question to answer simply because it is a very difficult task. I have been fortunate to have worked with a great bunch of people at least at my last job (16 yrs) and that did help as we kind of held each other up. Nothing is worse than having to work and dreading going into the job each day so I feel that having great co-workers does ease the pain somewhat as you are all in the same boat so to speak. I have though worked at jobs that I felt like the proverbial duck out of water totally lost and alone and that was miserable. I also am the type to work for myself but like you I cannot afford it. I do think that if you can find something that you are passionate about or something that makes you feel that you have made a differance at the end of the day this will feed the soul. Now trying to do this while trying to put a roof over your head and food on the table can be daunting. As for myself I haven't found that great job yet but as I stated before it does help to be able to have some great co-workers. I do have some pretty strong opinions about the younger set and their work habits but will keep them to myself as I don't want to start world war 111.
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The rest will fall into place. We put a little too much on the "me" these days.
