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Getting a new job can be very stressful

by Hope McKinney
Just recently I have decided to quit my job that I have worked for almost three years in pursuit of something different and more challenging.
This decision was not an easy one to make because it was my very first job and we all know it is very possible to be sucked into your first job. You grow there, make connections with people, and experience good and bad times.
You learn to love everything about that job until you are an expert at how to run things. If you stay at your first job for more than a year, you grow to love it.
We all know that loving something can be a little hard at times. I was so engulfed in trying to work at my job, do school work, and work for the paper that I forgot to take time for myself. I forgot that it is okay to say enough is enough sometimes and say goodbye to something that is overwhelming you.
When I decided to quit my job millions of thoughts raced through my head. You are scared to leave there thinking you might not make as much money somewhere else, you might not get the hours you want somewhere, or you might not like the management.
Like everything in life sometimes all we need is a little push to send us into doing exactly what we need to do. Speaking from the heart I can tell you that if you are not happy in your place of business, it is okay to leave. It is okay to find another place to work.
It is okay not to like the environment you are in. It is okay to quit sometimes. Especially in college all the pressure is on you. You have to decide a major, you have to study endless hours to obtain a major you may not even find a job in, but you do it anyway because you know you were told to do it.
You work endless hours at a dead end job to make money to pay for your schooling and various bills. This can make anyone unhappy. You have to choose between things you love, and things you want to do in life.
For me, being a journalist is something I’ve wanted in my life since a very young age. I love the art, I love the fast pace and mentality of it all. It was not easy to quit my job so I could focus more on school and myself, but it something I am learning to enjoy.
I have found a less demanding job that I can see my family and friends when I want to and focus on my career and works at Volunteer State Community College.
Overall I feel much better about this change that I have made in my life. I want everyone who reads this paper to know that it is okay to make a decision based on how you feel. It is okay to say enough is and focus on the betterment of yourself. It is okay to find something that you love and run with it.
Finally, it is okay to be sick and tired of doing things for everyone else. Go get your degree, find a great career job, and be the happiest person in this world because at the end of the day money isn’t what really matters. Making yourself happy, making your family happy, and making others happy is what you will be remembered as.
Be your best self whether you work 40 hours a week in an office, or whether you serve at the local fast food place.
Always work hard t what you love and hopefully one day it won’t even feel like work anymore. Hopefully one day every graduate of Vol State can say they made it exactly where they want to be in life.
I know that life is too short to be unhappy. We get a very limited time in this world to make something of ourselves, and ultimately working a job that you have worked at since you were 16 isn’t going to be a crumb compared to everything you accomplish on this Earth.
Never be unhappy with what you do. Go to work or school every day and make it the best day ever.

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