Best Job Ever!

Chapter 9What Career and Life Do You Want and Why?

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Everyone has those days—the days when you sit at your desk and ask yourself, “What am I doing with my life? Why do I come to work every day? I don't like it, I'm not appreciated, my voice is not heard and I do the same thing day after day.” Pushing the “what am I doing?” thoughts out of your mind, you head to the vending machine for some chips or a sweet treat, telling yourself it is only a bad day; tomorrow will be better. You lie to yourself, saying, “I am going to do something about this. Tomorrow I will start figuring out what I want to do with my career and my life.” You return to your cubicle munching on your chips, feeling better that tomorrow you are going to start figuring out your future. Yes, tomorrow will be the start of something really great in your life.

Then tomorrow turns into next week, and next week turns into next month, and the months turn into years as you consistently ignore those nagging feelings that something needs to change. You may feel disappointed you have waited so long to recognize that something wasn't quite right with your career. You may be sad because you think there's a possibility you have wasted years of your life. You may feel despondent as you think of what might have been had you taken a different course in life, so you cover the feelings by keeping yourself so busy you ...