Time to throw in the towel, kiddo.

[batskeets]

When the things I am working on start making me feel like dropping myself off a cliff is a *good* idea, I think it's time to go home. I'm certainly not getting anywhere on my own

That's the problem with jobs that involve taxing the brain--you feel so bloody brilliant when you puzzle through problems and figure things out for yourself, but you can easily find yourself wondering why you aren't stuck flipping burgers with all the other slackers, morons, and high school kids, a mere five minutes later.

Grr.

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[sonnys-burning.livejournal.com]

Hey, I wash dishes for a living.
I resent your blanket labeling of blue-collar workers.

[skeets.livejournal.com]

True, but it doesn't have the same impact if you say, "wondering why you aren't stuck flipping burgers with all the other slackers, morons, high school kids, and that one guy you know that's actually fairly smart but just has a lot of shit luck." :)

[sonnys-burning.livejournal.com]

Hah, well I was mostly joking anyway.
But still, I'd say a good portion of the people I work with are pretty smart folks. And I'm mostly more against people who measure their worth by how much money they make/where they are on the social food chain. Which is not to say that that's what you're doing, but it could be construed that way.

For me, I feel that ambition is a waste of time. I don't need that much money so all I really want from a job is for it to be easy and for it to be low stress. But anyway, enough from me and my "I'm just a drop in the bucket so why bother with the rat race hoopla" schtick.

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Hah, well I was mostly joking anyway.

I know :)

For me, I feel that ambition is a waste of time. I don't need that much money so all I really want from a job is for it to be easy and for it to be low stress.

I agree with the first part of that--I'm not particularly ambitious, either. I mainly just want to be able to buy something fun without it putting me out of my next meal. Or be able to see a doctor when I need to, without worrying about the cost. After barely scraping by on student wages, my needs are pretty small.

Although, if I'm going to do something long-term, it *does* need to be something I won't get bored with all the time, and something that doesn't involve me dealing with a lot of dumb/rude customers. Or else I'll bitch and bitch non-stop and hate my life, and that sucks. :p

I'm mainly just griping because I've been feeling all stupid and underqualified for doing the job they're having me do. (which, as it turns out, isn't really the job I was *supposed* to be doing all along, but more on that later)

[sonnys-burning.livejournal.com]

Yeah my rent is cheap and what I want is cheap. Basically all I wish to buy in the world is CDs and more CDs and beer. All of which are reasonably inexpensive. Well, beer can be pretty spendy. But still, not so spendy that I'll have to worry about money if I buy it.