Just living for 6 months time!

watna

Hi all, as you can see from my signature below i'm off to NZ with my bf in April. The thing is, i;ve just started a new job and i'm really not enjoying it. My bf doesn't like his job either so the two os us are just miserable at the moment. All we can think of is going away (well going home for him, he's from NZ). For numerous reasons ee can’t go any earlier then we already are (money, I don’t want to leave my job less than six months after starting, family holiday at Christmas and my bf is going to visit family in SA for a month in March). I’m finding it difficult not to get low and I feel like I’m wishing my life away until April. It’s making us both very down. I’ve tried staying positive and looking forward to things that are nearer in time but it doesn’t seem to be doing any good. When I’m miserable in work all I can think about is getting away and I’m finding that it’s affecting my enthusiasm for my new job. I think that may be part of the reason why I’m finding it difficult to settle in it. Any advice on the best way to get through the next 6 months without getting too depressed, and not be constantly living for the future?

ntlbell

drink a lot

Rhiannon14

Enjoy each other. Life doesn't have to revolve around your work.

Find a hobby that makes weeknights something you look forward to

Marksie

ntlbell wrote: »

drink a lot

Ntlbell: I only unbanned you three weeks ago. Glad to see you have thought about things.

Banned

Bottle_of_Smoke

Have a look through other threads here & imagine you had one of posters problems. There's some pretty pathetic threads started here but this is by far the best example of a situation I wouldn't mind being in.

Is there any chance you're just worried you might miss this place, or feel a little bit sad that you're not going to be able to call into your mates in 6 months time?

I'm in a similar situation in that I might be leaving Dublin to go to college Sept 08. I'll be going to college anyway. I'm in a repetitive job that I'm really bored of, and like you I'm living for the future.

However it's not getting me down - it's keeping me sane.

MagicMarker

Sorry, but if you don't like your job. Then leave!!!! What's the point in moping around and feeling sorry for yourself?

You're in total control of this aspect of your life, so at the end of the day you have chosen to work this dead end job. Why don't you choose to be happy and get a different job! You're in no way obligated to stay somewhere for 6 months!!

kowloon

Six months isn't so bad, you don't need to take the job too seriously if you're leaving it.
You can have fun, you don't have to worry about promotions and performance reviews unless those six months will form an indispensible part of your CV.
It's such a short time it's probably not even worth looking for another job; but it's always an option.

someothername

its not the destination , but the journey that counts......

change the job if you dont like it... as as said before -get something to do in the evenings that is fun and you look forward to.

in the grand scheme of things its only 6 months and that will fly

zuutroy

Oh no, I've got something deadly to look forward to in 6 months whilst I work this crappy job! Think of all of the people who have bugger all to look forward to except 40 years of said ****ty job. If something pisses you off in work there's nothing better than thinking 'meh, I dont give a continental, I'm outta here soon'

Tippex

Think of both of your jobs as a means to an end. you need money for the move and the jobs is going to facilitate that. it should make it easier

Vegeta

work is only one third of your day, sleep is generally another third. Its what you do with the final third that counts

I hate my job but it funds all my hobbies so that gives me the sanity to put up with it

BaZmO*

watna wrote: »

Hi all, as you can see from my signature below i'm off to NZ with my bf in April. The thing is, i;ve just started a new job and i'm really not enjoying it. My bf doesn't like his job either so the two os us are just miserable at the moment. All we can think of is going away (well going home for him, he's from NZ). For numerous reasons ee can’t go any earlier then we already are (money, I don’t want to leave my job less than six months after starting, family holiday at Christmas and my bf is going to visit family in SA for a month in March). I’m finding it difficult not to get low and I feel like I’m wishing my life away until April. It’s making us both very down. I’ve tried staying positive and looking forward to things that are nearer in time but it doesn’t seem to be doing any good. When I’m miserable in work all I can think about is getting away and I’m finding that it’s affecting my enthusiasm for my new job. I think that may be part of the reason why I’m finding it difficult to settle in it. Any advice on the best way to get through the next 6 months without getting too depressed, and not be constantly living for the future?

Any advice? Get over yourself for one. :rolleyes: "Oh look at me, I'm depressed because I'm going away in six months time!!" Boo hoo!

And as for not liking your job, welcome to the real world honey! Most people don't like their jobs, it's just a fact of life. At least you know that you'll be leaving it in a few months time and you also have a big break over the Christmas before you leave.

Do you and your boyfriend sit around after work moaning about how terrible life is? I really hope you don't, such a waste unless of course you're an Emo.

Blazer

just look at your sig...
I wish my sig said that..it would make me even happier knowing that soon I'd be leaving..6 months is not that long a time so ride it out..you'll be glad you did at the end.

Pyjamarama

Hey OP, I know people are giving you a hard time about moaning but I'm in the same boat as you and I understand. I've got four months left, I've been dying to leave for a year and a half now and have worked two rubbish jobs along the way (but have also come to the conclusion that most jobs are rubbish anyway, they didn't tell us that in college did they?!). As people said you just have to appreciate that it's a means to an end and even if you were in a different job you probably wouldn't enjoy it anyway because all you can think about is getting away. It does take over your life a bit

Enjoy your time here, you're probably saving but meet up with friends and family as much as possibly. Keep yourself busy and don't let yourself have time to mop about getting depressed after all in a few months you'll be having the time of your life. This is the advice I've been trying to take myself for ages so I know it's difficult!

cance

Hey watna,

I know your pain, i was stuck in a "gotta work" situation last summer when my fiancé was job searching.

I hate/hated my job with a passion and got really fúcking fed up with showing up every day and counting the seconds until i could go home and feel sorry for myself about my crappy day.

Try your best to stick it out, as money is money at the end of the day, the last 9 months in my life in this crappy job have flown by and so will your six. and you CAN see the light at the end of the tunnel. just try to focus on it and make an extra effort to enjoy your life outside of work.

ps i got a new job today \o/

the_syco

OP: I laugh at you. I last weeks in jobs I dislike, before moving to a job I do like. F**k, I've done cleaning jobs that are better than some other jobs I've worked in.

But I've found the type of job I love, and I'm sticking with it.

I laugh more at you, as when you f**k off oversea's, you'll no doubt land in the same crappy job that you are in now, and regret not doing what I'd really advise you to do:

FIND A JOB YOU LIKE. Or option two: a mental image of me laughing at you for ever.

I don’t want to leave my job less than six months after starting

The above quote has me totally confused. To me, it's like saying "I don't want to be seen as a chicken, and thus I'll keep standing on these hot coals for five more hours, to gain respect of people I don't know...".

Don't like it?

Leave, and be happy.

Otherwise, when you move, you'll end up in the same job elsewhere as "it's the only job I know".

DO0GLE

I'd hate to see you with a real problem!!

Strokesfan

ntlbell wrote: »

drink a lot

LOL

6 months will fly!!! At least you know ye're not going to be miserable for years!!! It's literally months ye lucky ducks.