I don’t know what to do. It seems pointless to appeal it and I can’t quit this job with nothing lined up. It’s complicated by the fact that I’m a contractor and not employed directly by the university.
This job is aging me so bad, in the span of just over a year I feel like my skin looks like shit and I have more gray hair. I’m almost back to the physical shape I was in two summers ago but not quite up to my own standards, and even just for mental health’s sake, the amount of physical activity I need to offset being at a desk most of the day- even a standing desk, since I’m still inside in this shitty office with no windows and bad lighting/ventilation- takes up most of the rest of my day during the week.
Has anyone else been in the same situation?
As far as finding a new job, I’m also looking to get out of IT (helpdesk). I signed up for a product management course through CareerFoundry and they guarantee job placement within six months of finishing the course. I’m also taking the Google UX design certificate. But now I’m regretting it because I’m already going crazy being in front of a computer all day, so I don’t know how I’ll get through it and I’m panicking.
If I had the money to not work, I’d just quit my job and power through the PM course, but I’m not in that position.
I don’t know what to do. I’m so sad because summer is my favorite time of year. I live in Chicago…so most of the year, the weather sucks. And I just feel like I’m wasting my life at this job, stuck inside. It’s really starting to make me depressed and angry. And I don’t want to feel that way during a time of year when usually, I finally feel good (I have seasonal affective disorder).