When giving up sometimes means gaining more in return

Do you dread waking up for work everyday and having to drag yourself to work? Fact is , if you hate your job, you also hate half of the time you spend on this planet! If you hate half the time you are spending, then it is really time for a change!

Having worked in the same role for two over years, I'm at a point where I feel that I'm not being challenged enough. Although hours are good and I've just gotten a decent pay rise, I feel that I've reached a plateau in the current role and feel stagnated. Everyday at work feels like a drudgery as it is more or less a repeat of the previous day's routine and I don't seem to be learning anything new. There could possibly be better use of the time spent at work which has ceased to have any more meaning.

A conventional job takes up at least 8-10 hours of your day, not counting time commuting, meals and breaks. Factoring in another 8 hours per day for sleep, there's probably only 4-6 hours left over to split between family, friends and personal time. Hence, if work is already taking up so much of time, make sure that you love it, or else you are just wasting away days of your life!

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are also times when the work environment tries to mold you into something that you might not want to be. Are you losing yourself due to different expectations from your superiors, stress from work, pressure from your peers or from the highly competitive work culture?

Having talked to my bosses, I'm being offered a change to a different role which can only take place earliest in August. I've talked to people doing that specific role currently, and it seems enticing enough as there are lots of new things to learn. However, after giving due consideration to the long term prospects and the need to waste another few months in order to change to that role, I decided that it is not worth the wait.

If your work does not bring you closer to achieving your personal dreams and goals but instead tries to steal them away from you, then it is better to quit and retrace your path in life. Sometimes, you have to learn to give up something in order to gain something more in return. Giving up might be hard as it is very easy to get comfortable, but settling for work where your potential is never realized means you are actually missing out a lot more in life!

Having juggled both a full-time job and running a business for almost coming three or four years, I feel physically and mentally drained. I intend to take a month or two hiatus in order to recharge, recuperate and basically refocus my goals and path in life. Wish me luck!

"One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” - Andre Gide

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