I haven't been to work since Friday. I had Saturday, Sunday, and Monday off, I just didn't show up yesterday, didn't call either, and I called in today and said I was sick. "Oh, ok. I hope you feel better!" She didn't even mention the fact that I didn't show up or call out yesterday. I guess technically i'm not sick, just sick of my job. I'm taking a mental health break. That's what i'm calling it at least. ANYWAY. I'm doing life all wrong. I thought not going to school and just working shitty jobs my whole life wouldn't be so bad, but it is. It's mundane. It's boring. It's unimaginative. It sucks the life out of me. I need to start over. I want to do the things I love, I want to learn, I want to create. but I don't know what. or where to begin. I have lots of bills to pay for, and I know that if I ever come short of money I have my loving parents who I'm sure will help me out, but I don't want to have to rely on them. I wish I could just travel, or live cheaply in a community of nice persons (we've even got a good one going around here already), but I can't escape the fact that I have several (expensive) health issues that will never go away and I'll always have to have a decent income to keep me healthy. I want to go back to school, but I have no idea what I want to do. I'm not trying to complain or imply that I don't deserve anything that's happening in my life, i'm just genuinely confused and asking for advice. WHERE SHOULD I START? sincerely, lost and confused.
i know how u feel. im in exactly the same position. im also on a mental health break from work because it was the worst job i have ever done. i left school and 16 with the same idea as u to just get by...doing whatever. and now i regret it too. i did have a job i loved but gave it up to move away with my hubby and now am stuck in a rut and going back to college cant be an option as we need money. what im doing is, taking a home learning course, i dont know about where u live but there are schemes where u can get it funded by the goverment. im doing conservation as i would love to do that line of work and am also looking to take a photography course, im also applying for other jobs where for now at least i think i will be happier than i am currently and knowing i wont be stuck there for ever makes me feel better. what interests do u have and what wud u like to do? if u look on the net u may find night courses where u can study or at home.....how long r u planning on staying off work for?
I'm going back to work tomorrow, I just needed a break. And I know all I have to do is find something I love to do and just do it alll the way. I feel like i'm constantly encouraging people to use their talents and just go for it 100% and make a living off doing what they love, but my problem is that I don't know what I love. I mean, I love lots of things, but I don't see myself making a living from any of them. I love being in nature. I love doodling and writing, but it's nothing talented or anything. I used to be into photography a little, but I wouldn't want to do that for a career. I like gardening, but i'm not very good at it and farmers arent really doing so well these days anyway. I love music more than anything, but I have no musical talent whatsoever. I just don't know. I want to take a bunch of random classes and learn about all kinds of things and maybe I'll find something that i'm REALLY REALLY interested in. I know I want to take all kinds of religion and philosophy classes. Not that you can make any money with a philosophy major. Sorry i'm just ranting now. Thanks for the advice though
i get you. i like loads of stuff but have no possible way of making a living from them. i heard today that i didnt get the job i applied for, so im deep shit now. lifes way to complicated. best of luck anyway.
That sounds exactly like me. I thought I could work at Sears Watch and Jewellery repair for the rest of my life and it wouldn't matter. I never cared about what career to have. I just wanted to travel and enjoy my life. I've been at that job for 5 years. Lately i've been taking quite a few mental health breaks. I just hate going there. I also have health issues and little money. The only difference is I still don't want to go back to school. I just wish I could win the lottery and not have to work. It's not that i'm lazy. It's just that I have yet to find anything I truly want to do besides travel then be a stay at home mom cooking and cleaning for my family. Those would make me happy. Any old job will make me miserable. Blah.
I can relate to this situation in the fact that I dont know what to do exactly in my life. I do go to school but I keep changeing majors and I am just confused. I'm a traveler and theirs so many things I want to do but people around me keep saying you need a stable job that will make the pay but in the end those jobs are boring to me and not loving what you want to do in life, career wise will just mean that you will have no motivation anymore for it and do badly. Atleast thats the case for me. Man, do I wish I could live in a little shack somewhere warm and nice with friendly people and have a chill comfertable job low budget is fine with me. Is that so much to ask? but you should try different things that you seem to have interest in the end you might not have a career goal in that particular subject but you will gain knowledge and if you want to travel just work for that trip make it happen think about that location and spot you want to go and you will be motivated to put out with that sucky job. Good Luck
