I’m so tired of having my time, my efforts, my everything disrespected. Of being micromanaged to hell. Of receiving constant criticism and very little praise. Of being underpaid. Of being in this field I never wanted to be in in the first place, really.
The thought of going in for even one more shift makes me feel sick, and I so wish I could just straight up quit, maybe even without notice. Unfortunately, my logical side is telling me I need to stick it out until I have another offer, as is everyone else in my life. I’m applying like crazy, but the jobs I actually want never respond, and the only things I hear back from are either in my current field, which I desperately want to get out of, or other fields which are a bit more relevant to my interests but still not what I want to do.
I would just jump into whatever is first offered to me, but that’s how I got into this job. I took it to escape my previous shitty work situation, and I accepted it without doing more research or considering if I would actually be happy with it. I don’t want to make that same mistake again and get stuck in a vicious cycle, but at the same time I don’t know how picky I can afford to be.
I just feel so hopelessly stuck and constantly miserable. Is this what life is? Is this what work is? Is there such thing as a job I can actually be content with? I’m so tired of everything.