Getting Unstuck from a Miserable Job
I was reading the Consumerist today and they had the perfect article for this blog, 5 Tips For Getting Unstuck From A Miserable Job. Here were the five tips that they had for getting unstuck from your miserable job.
- Get in touch with the work you would really enjoy.
- Communicate with those around you.
- Identify the places where you could cut spending in your life.
- Build up an emergency fund.
- Set a “target date.”
Most of us can identify with these some or all of these things. Everyone wants to work at something they enjoy and that can be anything. I have met engineers that threw it all away just to work on huminatarian projects and hard working business men that joined the navy because they new it was better there. Lately I would love to get in touch with work that I really enjoyed but at my office, they will not let me do that anymore. I know do it at home and I feel proud of myself when it’s done.
Identifying places where I could cut spending is difficult for anyone because everything is a necessity unless I drill it down. The first thing most people do is cut down on eating out, that saves on average $10 dollars a day. Since I do not make that much I am force to cut down on other things. This point leads me into the emergency fund.
The emergency fund is definitely the hardest to create. No one knows how long you will be out of a job. You could have a job the next day or a few months from now. Since my salary is not what I wanted it to be after two hard earned years (brought in new services), I have to save up all the scraps I can muster to protect myself.
The “target date” is a something that is not set in stone but most people have an area of time when they would like to leave the company. Instead of having a target date, I have a target price, if I do not make this salary by my birthday, I will leave. Now all I need to do is bide my time until my review, another darn 6 months.
Well that’s my rant for today.
