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To hate working

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Ishihtzuknot · 08/02/2020 13:00

Does anyone else just hate having to go to work?
I’m a single mum so there is no one else to fall back on I have to work regardless and I never get a break. There’s the constant rush in the mornings, dropping children off, rushing to work then rushing back etc its depressing to think this is my life until I retire.
I often end up with jobs I despise and a few months later apply for something else then it happens again. I don’t enjoy any of them and I’ve had a huge mixed variety of roles over the years. Training for a ‘proper career’ isn’t something I could do, there’s no time outside of work to fit it in for a start and I’d have to retake some of my GCSE’s, it feels pointless knowing once I’ve put the effort in I will hate the job anyway. there has never been anything I’ve wanted to do as a career nor anything I feel I’d be good at. I’m not really a people person and prefer working alone.
Did anyone else turn it around and start to enjoy working?
Disclaimer: I’m not on benefits nor intend to be I just pull along and go to work because my children need me to

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PlomBear · 08/02/2020 16:58

Yep. I’ve had so many jobs and enjoyed none of them! Lottery win please.

Singlenotsingle · 08/02/2020 17:02

Just think of the alternative - no job, no money, no food... Any job's better than no job.

PlomBear · 08/02/2020 17:10

Going to work to pay the bills. Repeat for 50 years. Die. There has to be more to life.

Waxonwaxoff0 · 08/02/2020 17:21

I think your job and workplace make a massive difference. I don't get out of bed ecstatic to go to work but I enjoy my job for the most part and don't dread it or hate going. I'm a single mum also.

I hated my last job, I mean really hated. I was over the moon when I got my current job.

isseywith4vampirecats · 08/02/2020 17:38

I like my jobs but as one of the waspies whos got to work to 66 im now resentful of the women who could retire and get pensions at 60, im 63 now and got to admit by the time I get to half way through my week im getting more tired than I did in my fifties, one of my jobs is physical, one is computer based, and im tempted next year to give up one of the jobs, (the physical one) yes I wil be on one part time jobs wages but just working three days a week and no weekends seems like bliss

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