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How to outlast a job you hate until you can retire
The bad news is you dread every minute. Even surviving another month will require Herculean effort. Ideally, you’d quit now. But your financial plan dictates that you keep generating income into the early 2020s so that you can retire with a comfortable nest egg. Perhaps you’re bored or exhausted in your job. Cynicism and negativity cloud your every thought. To make matters worse, an odious boss tears away at the thinning shreds of sanity you cling to. So how do you persevere? In rallying yourself to reach the finish line, you have a choice. You can either gripe at every available opportunity ‐ lamenting your situation, lambasting higher-ups and regretting career moves you made years ago ‐ or find a more productive way to cope. Let’s focus on the latter. Start by taking charge of your thoughts. Impose a time limit on how often you will stew in anger or self-pity. Endlessly telling yourself, "I can’t stand it here" or "I’ll never be able to make it through another month here, much less a year or two" won’t help. Posted by: Besoeker 2019-01-07 |
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