I’m a modern-day slave handcuffed to my pension
I have worked at the same place for 15 years and it drives me to distraction. I love my colleagues and don’t mind some of the work. However, I have realised I start to feel really fed up on a Sunday afternoon and I become snappy and irritable with my family. I would love to do something else but the perks at my job are really good, the work is flexible and I would really miss some of my colleagues and I can’t risk losing my pension. I also wonder if I would get another job. I feel stuck and frustrated.
Admitting something to ourselves is the first step in being able to change a situation. Often, facing the thing which is causing pain helps you to make different choices.
We can all have self-doubt, however, until we try to resolve a situation we will always stay stuck.
We often feel we should be grateful, because at least we have a job and so we stay in it, meanwhile the frustration builds until one day we realise we are actually quite miserable. The truth is there are lots of jobs out there if only we start to look.
Fear can keep us stuck and make us miserable.
Consider the following:
1) Where have you got the idea that your salary is more important than your sanity?
2) Reflect on why your pension is more important than living life now and enjoying every moment of your life whilst you are healthy, (whilst still being mindful of your future of course).
3) What work would fulfill you and how can you start to research opportunities? Start to explore options
Researching options puts you back in a position of control and very slowly you start to feel empowered and realise you can unstick yourself from a safe, yet miserable place!
If you need help finding the courage to explore options. Contact me.