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Great job on paper but still not happy

I just wanted to see if anyone else feels similar. I was working a job I loved that was part time, I was really happy there and with my life (except I didn’t have a lot of money or any benefits). I recently got a full time job that is great on paper. Excellent benefits, a pension, pays well, co-workers are mostly cool, my boss seems great, and I’m not overwhelmed with the amount of work I have to do currently. But still I just feel pretty miserable. I spend much of my weekend dreading going back to work. The days seem to drag on for ever when I’m there and then I get home and stress about how I gotta go back there in a few hours. I just think maybe I’m not built to work a full time job and I wonder if people in general aren’t built…


I just wanted to see if anyone else feels similar. I was working a job I loved that was part time, I was really happy there and with my life (except I didn’t have a lot of money or any benefits).

I recently got a full time job that is great on paper. Excellent benefits, a pension, pays well, co-workers are mostly cool, my boss seems great, and I’m not overwhelmed with the amount of work I have to do currently. But still I just feel pretty miserable. I spend much of my weekend dreading going back to work. The days seem to drag on for ever when I’m there and then I get home and stress about how I gotta go back there in a few hours.

I just think maybe I’m not built to work a full time job and I wonder if people in general aren’t built to work that many hours per week or if other people have no problem with it.

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