How To Stay Sane At The Job You Hate - From Women Whove Been There - When I Grow Up

How To Stay Sane At The Job You Hate - From Women Whove Been There - When I Grow Up In 2011, I wrote a blog post called  8 Ways To Get Through Your Soul-Sucking Day Job Without Totally Losing It,  and to this day it is my number one read and most viewed post. (Gee, do you think something resonated?) For me, choosing to leave my day job was a profoundly active decision, and something I had to focus on sometimes minute-by-minute just to get to the other side of the work day or week or month you guys see where this is going. Miserable bosses, unhealthy work environments or unimpassioned projects are all examples of things that could be eating at you right now in your current job, and it is so important nay, NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL to find a focus point a beacon of inspiration to hold onto to help you out of your sucky situation and into the job of your dreams. Luckily, I know a few (hundred) women who have been there, and have some seriously amazing advice. I reached out to previous clients and asked them for their favorite keep your sanity tactics and mantras that helped give them the drive they needed to make a change, and to survive their day jobs without pulling their hair out. Behold: Inspiration! Hannah Zollman  (Mission Driven Fundraising) I would ask myself, Will the world end if and the answer was always no. Also,  do  at least one thing every  day  to move my business forward. And this quote It does not matter  how  slowly  you  go as long as  you  do  not stop.   Confucius Erin Sanders (EB Sanders) My mantra: NOT MY CIRCUS, NOT MY MONKEYS. I scheduled some time EVERY DAY (before everyone else got in, lunch time or later in the day whenever) to work on something from my own biz. Also, a fellow entrepreneur told me to  think like a goat   because all they  do  all  day  is figure out  how  to f**k shit up and have fun.' Rene Brookbank  (Love Recovery) Unfortunately, I started drinking very heavily at the end. It truly was the breaking point for me. So my funny advice is drink heavily. My real life advice is do everything you can during nights and weekends to get you out of the day job. I sincerely believe that doing what I thought society would approve (said day job) but wasnt in alignment with my hearts desires and my inner knowing and yearning, is truly what rapidly took me down with alcoholism. Figure out your true hustle and begin doing it before you become a full-fledged alcoholic!   Take action every  day. And not lighthearted action. If  you  really want out, hustle  your  ass off to make a new career for yourself. Theres such a difference between complaining about your day gig and doing something about it. Dont be the complainer. Be the risk taker! Julia Ng (The Lucid Path) Turn mantras into passwords.  In  my J.O.B., we had to change passwords every few months, but I started changing them more often to encourage myself. I was chasing my dream to move to Japan, so I switched between goal passwords like JapanHereICome!, JapanInJuly, and keeping-sane  passwords like OmOmOmBigPicture. We had to log into our systems about 482 times every  day, so this was an important focusing tactic for me. If  youre not good at leaving the office on time, get a supportive friend to check  in  with  you. One of my friends would text time check! close to the end of the  day, to make me aware that it was time to leave. The work is never going to be all done anyway, as long as  youre fulfilling  your  responsibilities, leave when its time to go, because  you  need time to recharge and build whatever  youre building! May Flam  (Heal Your Work Life Coach) For me, I actually had to quit my  job  before my ideal savings amount was  in  the bank. My goal was to save $12k before quitting, and I had saved up only  $8k. It was an abusive work environment, and I knew that if I stayed there, I would be too demoralized to work on my side business. If  you  absolutely cant  stay  sane  at  your  job, its okay to quit and and get a bridge  job. After I quit my abusive  job, I actually started babysitting while I built up my client base for my coaching business. Rebecca Morgan  (Choose Awesome Coaching)   It was so easy to feel  sorry for myself and play the victim. I need to remind myself every  day  is a choice. I choose my response, attitude, and behavior to all situations. I am choosing to  stay  in  this  job  as I work on my plan to move to work that lights me. I am choosing to make it happen. I [also] put together a Choose Happy Playlist  Everyday on my commute to work I would listen to it. When I was in my cubicle ice tray working on stuff and needed a bump to get me through I would put headphones on and listen to it again.   If it was on a cassette tape I would have worn that baby out! Lacy Snarr, Illustrator Live with intentionality. Be intentional about creating habits that will promote  your  goals. Consider  your  ideal  day. It may not be possible to live out that entire ideal  day  yet but there may be portions of that ideal  day  you  can incorporate into  your  current schedule. Be intentional about facing fears. Kick  your  fears  in  the face instead of passively being forced to deal with them; either way, eventually, a situation will arise where  you  will have to deal with  your  fears, there is no avoiding it. Start with something small and work up to the really big fears. Be intentional about avoiding apathy. Push yourself outside of  your  comfort zone. Being outside of  your  comfort zone means  you  are learning, growing. Great things come from outside of comfort zones. Be concerned if  you  are too comfortable. Want my 10 most helpful articles in your Inbox? 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