Re: Run!!!

Thanks for the advice Molly! I am a bit afraid to tell my siblings that I am going to quit this job and move back. They are going to tell me that I am making a big mistake. To them, this is my foot in the door to the corporate world, where there is money to be made. I tried to mention the fact that I hate going to work, and my sister said "Welcome to the real world, not everyone likes their job." I have a really big problem with that statement. *I* don't HAVE to be one of those people that doesn't like my job. I'm going to get all my ducks in a row (have a job and place to live back home), and last minute tell them my plan. If at that time, they have some negative thoughts, I am just going to have to state that I understand their opinion, but this is my choice and I choose happiness over all the money in the world! They may choose differently. I am not them and they are not me.

I watched my father in misery for most of his life. He hated his job. He would come home for lunch, sleep, go back to work, come home, eat, and go back to sleep. Day in and day out, he was depressed and felt there was no way out. Then, one day, after working with that company for 12 years, they fired him due to a complaint from a customer. Since then, he has really changed his life around and is finally happy, and now he's going to turn around and retire in December!

As for the assessment, I'm going to just take it with a grain of salt. And, the people that it is coming from are not necessarily people that I admire or care too much about their opinion (Don't get me wrong, I do value them as people, but I don't care about their opinion of me). I really don't want to take it personally, which is something I have had to learn during my short stay here. Unfortunately, I take a lot of pride in my work, and when someone comes down on me, I do tend to take it personally. So, I'm just gonna have to take what they have to say and move on. I've become really inactive/mousey at work lately, so that I dont bring any more attention to myself. I'm sure if I did stay here another 6 months for my next assessment, they would show an improvement because I am here everyday and don't say much.

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