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Never had any real career aspirations as a kid, not until 2-3 years ago at most. For a short while I figured I'd go along with my mom's wishes and make bank as an engineer and that was going along smoothly until I took my first engineering class in college and realized there was no way in hell I was going to be able to do that shit.

I've had tons of positions in short-term, dead end jobs since then and have come to the realization that most work sucks lol. I've walked out of a handful of jobs in the past (like just yesterday), stopped showing up, or just slowly lost any motivation to do good work b/c the jobs were literally pointless and unengaging or b/c management was awful.

Lol I know I sound like a bum, but I truly can't stand wasting 8-12 hours a day standing in one spot doing nothing important. I've proven to myself time and time again that money isn't enough motivation for me to stay in a miserable position. I'd been in a bad funk all week and couldn't figure out why. I felt terrible at work for the first couple hours so I decided to leave and my mood improved tenfold out of nowhere. I had just been sleep deprived from 12 hour shifts doing pointless, menial tasks and tired of dealing with attitudes from managers.

I absolutely love busting my ass for something challenging and/or meaningful though and am finally hopping into a field I can see a future in in a little less than 3 months from now, wildland firefighting. Until then, its another few weeks of another boring warehouse job.

A fulfilling job is a necessity for me at this point; I need to get my shit together.