Would it be mad of me...?

LegacyUser

...to give up work? I am in my late 20s and in a job which i hate. 7 years there and really can't take much more of it. I have brought up the subject of changing departments or something and was told they would get back to me. They never did. Not even to tell me it wasn't going to happen. There has been a number of things that has been ignored on the boss's part. It is starting to show that he just doesn't give a fk about the employees. I feel worthless and useless.

Don't want to be working here anymore. I feel so down, not sleeping to well either. My plan is to go back to college, so sticking it out for another 6 months and saving.

But i need a plan B. This is where i am stuck. If i don't get into college, i will be fairly gutted and the thought of staying even longer. I just don't want that. Would i be mad to leave work anyway?

I don't know what my next step to take. Travell? Where? I have never been interested in travelling. Everyone seems to be talking about oz or canada. I was always useless in the heat, that cuts out oz and i hate the cold, that cuts out canada. To be honest, i wouldn't mind scotland. Just get up and leave. I know its just across the water but i feel that i should have a job lined up before i leave because its so close. Don't know where i would start looking. There is also a college i am interested in over there, so i can apply next year if i don't get my college course this year.

There is so much things on my mind that i don't know what plan B will be next. Would i be mad to leave work anyway?

LegacyUser

Your not mad at all, Life is too short.

Dont do anything rash sit back and think about things. I gave up a job I hated on the 1st of January to work for myself. People thought I was absolutely crazy, (maybe I was?) So far it has worked out well for me, I am generating a salary similar to what I left and I have huge freedom and happyness.

If you plan something out very carefully and know you want it. Go for it.

humanji

Well, you'd be mad to give up work without a definitive plan. Why not apply to college courses and if you're accepted, then you can decide if you would rather to them than work?

How do you expect to support yourself in college? Do you have enough savings, or are you living with someone who is supporting you? Is it too late to apply to the college over in Scotland this year?

To be honest, I'd say you'll survive no matter what choice you make. You've got one shot at life, so you may as well spend it doing, or trying to do, something you like. It's a sh*tty time to drop everything as start something new, but that's not to say there's no point in trying. Think about what qualifications/experience you have now and maybe there'll be a job somewhere else for you. Even the same job in a different place would make a hell of a difference.

Oh, and Scotland is f*cking freezing in Winter. But it's worth it.

SueWho

Rather than focus on the feelings of wanting to quit your current job that you don't like, focus on what you're going to do in the future that you will like but don't quit in a panic or hurry unless you have plenty money to keep you going.

My advice would be to decide what it is you really want to achieve/ work at/ spend your life doing in the medium to long term. Now start planning ways to achieve that: apply for college courses, apply for other jobs since you don't like your current job, apply for jobs in Scotland too.

You'll be surprised how much easier it is to tolerate your current job if you are actively planning to make positive changes in your life. Then see what opportunities come from the things you apply to.

Also don't beat yourself up over "going travelling" to Australia or wherever- travelling is not for everyone and it's far too expensive and time-cosuming to do purely because that's what other people.

Ickle Magoo

Definitely don't do anything until you get a plan together.

Get a short term and long term list of aims and then set about working out a way of getting there. Apply for green cards, visas, do the visa lottery, apply for jobs and courses and see what comes back then decide what you are going to do based on real propositions.

If you hate the cold, Scotland is probably best avoided, btw! :pac: