littlecordelera
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I'm on a how-to marathon.
I have been having a bit of a discussion in PM's with someone about career trade-offs, but I would be very interested in others' opinions.
I have what most people would consider a high-powered, white-collar job. I love what I do, but the job stress can be enormous. I was killing time in these forums, night before last, at 2:00 AM, because job stress was keeping me awake. So I have all the trimmings of "success," but I am honestly beginning to wonder, "Am I successful, or am I stupid?"
Before I started college, I worked in the office at this place that had a massive warehouse. In one part of that warehouse a group of women did the same task, at the same workstation, with the same stuff, every single day. They had no decisions to make, and nothing ever changed. It was a take-this-do-that type of job, and I once asked one of them how she could stand to work such an extremely boring, mindless job. She said, and I quote, "When that clock strikes five, honey, I'm done."
She knew exactly what she was doing with her life.
I know a lot of blue-collar people who have a perfectly fine house, adequate cars, and enough disposable income to enjoy their hobbies. They have family and friends and good times, but none of them talk about job satisfaction.
I love my job, but it is stressful, and I am beginning to wonder if it is worth it.
So which is better: an unfulfilling job with no lingering stress, or a fulfilling job that sometimes keeps you awake at night?
I have been having a bit of a discussion in PM's with someone about career trade-offs, but I would be very interested in others' opinions.
I have what most people would consider a high-powered, white-collar job. I love what I do, but the job stress can be enormous. I was killing time in these forums, night before last, at 2:00 AM, because job stress was keeping me awake. So I have all the trimmings of "success," but I am honestly beginning to wonder, "Am I successful, or am I stupid?"
Before I started college, I worked in the office at this place that had a massive warehouse. In one part of that warehouse a group of women did the same task, at the same workstation, with the same stuff, every single day. They had no decisions to make, and nothing ever changed. It was a take-this-do-that type of job, and I once asked one of them how she could stand to work such an extremely boring, mindless job. She said, and I quote, "When that clock strikes five, honey, I'm done."
She knew exactly what she was doing with her life.
I know a lot of blue-collar people who have a perfectly fine house, adequate cars, and enough disposable income to enjoy their hobbies. They have family and friends and good times, but none of them talk about job satisfaction.
I love my job, but it is stressful, and I am beginning to wonder if it is worth it.
So which is better: an unfulfilling job with no lingering stress, or a fulfilling job that sometimes keeps you awake at night?