How to leave the job you don't hate...yet - Part 1
Then months after months a creeping feeling of dissatisfaction grew in her, the worst because she could not name it or give any sensible reason for it. She therefore decided to discard her thoughts, labeling them as "childish".Why NOT to do anything about it?
There are many reasons NOT to leave one"s job:
*the recession is still raging,
* the pay is good,
* you are used to it...
These are things potent enough to prevent you from challenging the status quo...aren"t they?
What happens if you don"t do anything?
That was what Mandy thought at first; that her growing feeling of dissatisfaction was "irrational", that she "ought to feel grateful for having such a stable job right now", that she ought not to be "childish"....
And Mandy went on for several months without heeding or taking action.
Then, she began to make small mistakes, to procrastinate, to get bad reports, to feel bad about herself for doing so, to feel pain in her stomach and her back, to take days off, and feeling worst doing it, to feel more and more tired, and unable to do anything about it...
When one day, after a particularly...dissatisfying evaluation interview with her boss, she decided she had enough of it and she decided to take action.
By then, she was exhausted, with a very low self-esteem and she had to fight a lot just to regain her initial level of enthusiasm and confidence. So many months lost...
But she had learned a valuable lesson; by not heeding to herself, she just had made things worst in the end.
What about you?
Do you prefer to do as Mandy, and let things get worst,and maybe grow to full-blown depression or burn out...or try to take the exact measure of your discontentment?
It can originate in many causes:
* the management changed/a merger occurred since you entered your company and things are not so good now as they used to be;
*you are the one who has changed: you entered your company 5 years ago. At that time, it was a challenge to be offered that position, you loved it then...but not so much now. You know the ropes of your trade and, frankly, you feel bored...;
*you are growing: you want to develop some parts of your personality that weren"t used until now but there is no chance of putting them to good use in your current position;
*you know that something more fulfilling is awaiting you right around the corner if you just dared to...;
*or you have enough insight to see what is going to happen in a few months or years and you don"t want to wait until you get to desperation point before you do something about it;
* your current job doesn"t allow you to respect your core values;
* you want a better work/life balance...
How many of these reasons do you think apply to you?
What"s next?
The next step is about carefully evaluating the situation, something that we will address in the next article of our series.
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