I Hate My Job!
Well, if you are like me I’ve said I hate my job hundreds if not thousands of times.
And I’m sure you’ll understand the conundrum in which I find myself; hating my job but needing the income to pay the bills.
It’s a pickle to be sure; stuck taking orders because you can’t afford to leave. Perhaps you can afford to leave but you can’t find anything suitable to replace the income you will eventually need. You have some money but not quiet enough to make the leap.
What to do?
Do you keep coming in day after day grinning and bearing it until you retire and live for the weekend?
Or do you say to heck with it, jump ship, and hope for the best?
If you think neither option sounds good, I would completely agree.
I don’t want to put up with this routine until I retire. I also am not one to take an unreasonable risk by not planning ahead.
What really needs to happen.
If you are always telling people, “I hate my job,” then there is only one thing that needs to happen.
You need to hate it more. I mean really hate it. Despise it.
What I realize is that while I hate my job the hate isn’t strong enough to make me do anything substantial enough to replace it. The drive isn’t there to compel me to work hard enough in my off time to escape the trap in which I find myself.
If I truly hated it I would be doing everything possible to wrest myself from the grasp of the corporate machine in which I find myself.
Controlled Job Hate
I’d like to say that the hate I’m talking about is more self directed. It’s allowing yourself to get tired of your own inaction.
I am certainly not advocating for you to go into work in a rage and start loudly and aggressively announcing your hatred for your job, boss, co-workers, and CEO.
On the contrary. I’d suggest keeping it all to yourself.
Go stealth. Go rogue. And, obviously, keep it legal.
Plan. Devise. Implement.
Take Action
It’s all about repurposing your “free time.”
Recently I watched a video with Elon Musk talking about “working every waking hour.”
I guess that is the bad news of the situation. In order to escape the drudgery of a job it will most likely require you to continue to work. Then you will need to spend your evenings and weekends building whatever it is you want to do to replace it. Honestly for most people this will be the hurdle.
The good news is you can make the time working on your escape plan the most enjoyable work. It’s a chance to do things exactly the way you think they should be done. You can work at your own pace, make the decisions, and create what you want to create in the world.
But make no mistake it will require lots of work. I mean lots.
In the end the solution is always to get started.
Work. Plan. Implement. Repeat.
Channel that hatred into your resolve to escape.
Reference Material for Job Haters
This one is about surviving the work place. I’m sure many of you will find it aptly titled.
The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t
While you’re working it’s helpful to know how to survive. If you go on to create your own business it’s helpful to know how to keep it asshole free. You wouldn’t want to escape an “asshole zone” simply to create one of your own.
If you are thinking about using the internet to do business then this is the blueprint for digital marketing.
If you want to understand the “back-end” of internet sales and marketing this is a critical book.
I’ve used principles in this book to develop blogs including this one. A lot of the things I’m using “behind the scenes” to get this site noticed came from Ryan Deiss.
Maybe you’re younger than me. Maybe older. While this book may not seem business related it may offer a lot of motivation towards learning why and how a business of your own can be extremely advantageous. In terms of “escaping” it’s a must read.
If you haven’t secured your financial future that is a huge reason for being dissatisfied. If there’s no end in sight it’s easy to discouraged.
Get educated on how to set up websites using word press.
Obviously you can pay someone to do website work for you. However, it can get quite expensive. Knowing the basics of what goes into setting up and creating a website will not only help you communicate with a developer but also keep them from taking advantage.
You don’t need to become a full blown coder. You at least want to be able to navigate buying a domain, hosting plan, and setting up your word press site. It’s not that difficult.
Get the Job You Really Want
Here are a couple directed to those who really want a different job. These two will help you on the path to finding a workplace where you fit in and feel fulfilled in your work.
First we have a book on interviewing.
What To Say In Every Job Interview
If you get nothing else from this book you’d learn a lot from the 3 criteria that any job interviewer is considering when looking to hire: Can you do the job? Do they like you/will you fit in? and Can they afford you?
This will help you understand why despite having the skills you may not get the job. It’s not always a simple matter of whether the interviewer likes you. They are often considering how you will fit in amongst the people already there. In reality they could actually be doing you a favor by seeing that you wouldn’t get on well with the crew already there. So don’t take rejected job offers personally. It likely has nothing to do with you per se.
Also realize an interview is a chance to see if you’d like to work with them. It can be hard when you are desperate for income. However, it can be regrettable to take a job for the money and be right back into hating your job.
Second we have one on becoming a highly valuable employee.
This book is all about becoming indispensable. The more valuable you become through skill acquisition the more you will be able to pick the projects that you work on.
This is similar to starting your own business. The concept is the same: do what you do so well that people are almost begging to do business with you.
Last Group of Books to Cure I Hate My Job Syndrome
Build social media marketing skills.
Just google Gary Vaynerchuk and follow him everywhere. But, if you’re a reader here are his books. Get them all. Read them. Live them.
