Get A Life
July 11, 2008 | General
You get a totally different perspective on time when you work at home in your own home based business.
Last night my wife said to me, “Thank goodness its Friday tomorrow”, obviously meaning that it was getting near to the weekend. But only hours earlier I had honestly been thinking, “Oh no, its Friday tomorrow, I wish it was only Tuesday or Wednesday as I have so many things that I want to get done”.
Now I hasten to add that she doesn’t always think this way, it’s just that she hasn’t been feeling well this week - but I’ve met a lot of people in my life that do.
Where I used to work, one of the members of staff used to have to come and get her keys from one of the managers before starting work. If it was me that she found first I would ask her how she was that day, as I would out of habit and common courtesy to anyone that I spoke to during the day.
Almost without fail she would reply “I’ll be much better at home time” or words to that effect and I used to think “Good God woman you’ve only just started your shift and you’re wishing the day away”. It used to really get to me sometimes. With some people you can tell that it is just a phrase that they have learnt and repeat as an almost unconscious response, but with her I wasn’t so sure.
There are two sides to this that I see.
Firstly, if it’s your job that is making you unhappy then don’t you owe it to yourself to leave and go and do something that you will be happy in? Half of your waking day in a job that you don’t like for maybe 30-40 years has to be a tragic waste of a life.
Surely you have to do something to change your perspective of it OR look for another income earning opportunity.
Personally I couldn’t say that I hated my job at all. I never felt miserable that I was going to work because I liked a lot of the interaction with other people, both the staff and the customers. I knew my job well and was paid well for doing it but I had got as far as I was going to on the career ladder (one step short of what I thought I was capable) and I felt unchallenged and unfulfilled.
To me staying in that job for the next twenty years, no matter how well paid and ‘comfortable’, was NOT an option. So that’s why I decided, after 12-18 months of deliberation, to leave and to start my own business.
Secondly, why is it that so many people are prepared to just put up with being miserable and not do anything about it?
For many, doing something as drastic as leaving your job may not be the right thing to do and just forcibly adopting a more positive outlook of the world would work wonders for their happiness.
Becoming more positive and eliminating negative thoughts and feelings will not only make you feel better but is a solid foundation for a more rewarding and prosperous life. You start to see opportunities and possibilities that weren’t there before and in some cases they fall into your lap.
Of course there are a small percentage of people that are habitual whingers and moaners, it has been nurtured within them and in fact they are probably at their happiest when spouting their pessimistic woes.
Stay away, well away, from these negative people - they are likely to be holding you back.
