Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Workplace Crossroads

I'm in a really tough spot right now. I can't stand working in an office anymore. Its not the fact that I'm cooped up in a building all day. I can handle that, although I'd like to be out in the fresh air more often, running errands and such. Its the administrative work that bugs me. I hate being the bottom of the totem pole and having everyone yell out my name whenever they need something. I feel like my job has no purpose other than to do everyone else's busy work for them. I've started looking for a new job, but what else can I do except administrative work? Its a total catch 22! I want to change careers but I don't have experience in anything else, and I can't get a job in something else until I get experience in that field!

So, as I'm looking through the listings, I see a few that I might be qualified for. But when I read through the descriptions I get overwhelmed and feel like "yeah, I could do it. But I don't want that kind of pressure." Its the same kind of pressure I deal with here and I have to get away from it. I don't understand where my enthusiasm went. I used to be young and ambitious and ready to take on the professional world! Now I'm (still young) tired, frustrated, overworked, and pissed off at the world. What happened? Its like the workforce just sucks the life out of you.

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