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okay, so i’m beginning to realize that i was foolish to accept the first job offer that came my way. instead of risking financial stability to find a job that appropriates my skills, i greedily drank a stop-gap measure and am now spending my days serving the SS. e.o.e. me.
at this point i could plead for tea and sympathy or i could resume the “everyday, up-at-dawn, pride swallowing event” that is the job search. but i’m going to do neither. instead, i’m going to fulfill my three year tour with the SS, set my sights upon and study my arse off to achieve an MSW and, ultimately, hope that i can spend my days doing something worthwhile.
if you know and love me i have one small request: neither put up with my bitching about my job nor allow me to settle into a morass of mediocrity. instead, cajole, provoke and encourage me to persevere through this season of life and hope for better days to come.
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In addition to the extremely wise advise offered by your wife, I will add my own.
Since you worked at "Lifeway", I've told you that you were settling and could do much better. Perhaps your doing it again shows a lack of self confidence that I never saw in you. Maybe it's male laziness. Either way, it goes to show that you are not perfect. It also shows that you do know that you are far too talented to stick where you are. Good luck and my prayers are with you.
dude, i think that is a wise decision.
I echo Kellie. No one is holding you back and it is your choice.
it is my choice indeed. i easily concede that if i shovel shit for the next three years, it's because i chose to do so. i am not a martyr.
i'm a suicide bomber.
just kidding. E-I-E-I-O!
Three years is a long time to do something you already don't like. There is a huge margin there for just settling, seeing how easy it is to settle and digging your ass in more, and hating it all the while. You don't need to do that.
I know that feeling well-the waking up feeling panicky and surreal, saying, "Should I get out while I can? I can still get away, it's still early, but oh, I'm going to work today and that's one more day under my belt here, one more day where I learned something new, one more day and if I can do today, I can do this tomorrow, for a week, for a month, a year." and before you know it, you're stuck and you hate it.
I say escape while you are still new there. People do it all the time, I think we've all done it at least once. It's not giving up, it's giving over to yourself to find what it is you need/want to do.
Take it from a guy who worked one full week at Starbucks and quit--if it doesn't feel right, runaway, or else you'll be miserable (both at work and home).
Word Verification: bdtri = bad try
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