I work in the media and have been doing what I do for about 16 years and have been more or less successful (never been out of a job and always earned enough to support myself). And I love it, or used to love it. In the past two years my professional self-esteem has plummetted to the point where I feel like I will never be able to get another job or any description, never mind in my industry. This is a combination of several things: 1) the industry I work in is basically becoming obsolete and there are no jobs 2) I kind of got stuck on the mummy track and took my foot off the pedal after having my dd who is now 2 and 3) my company, which I used to love, has become a shitty place to work with everyone paranoid about their jobs and total confusion about what people are supposed to be doing from one day to the next. I'm still in a relatively well-paid job which I count myself lucky for. But I have been trying to get other jobs in adjacent industries for months with no luck. I've been talking to my GP and thinking about getting therapy about it. I'm also seriously considering a total career change although I don't really want to do anything else and don't know what else I could do.
I know a lot of people are in far worse places in employment terms so I don't want to sound self-pitying. But has anyone who's been through a similar trough got any advice about how to a) make good choices when you're considering a change under pressure and b) feel better about yourself and stay positive. (If its relevant I earn more than my husband so I can't afford to take time off or work unpaid to do an internship to try anything else out).
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need a bit of a pep talk: how to get work mojo back
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quesadilla · 24/01/2013 12:29
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