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Help, I Hate My Job!


I know I haven’t posted here in a while but I’ve been so busy.  Life has been good to me so I don’t have too many complaints. Which makes it even more difficult to type the following words, I hate my job. I don’t want to come off as an entitled brat as I know that there are many out there struggling to find work and to put food on the table. I have been lucky that I have been paid reasonable well for what I do. However I feel that I have outgrown my current position and I’m just feeling anxious to advance in a career. Unfortunately there isn’t much growth with my current company. Within the last few months, I have mailed, faxed so many resumes that I’m physically exhausted.  Why I am telling you all this? I guess this is my way of saying that my priorities have shifted. While I still want to purchase a home, I’m more focused on finding a better job. I attended two open houses about two weeks ago and sadly there wasn’t much about either property that I liked. Both properties were listed as two bedrooms but more accurately they were one bedrooms with extra-large closet/ storage space that were being sold as a second bedroom.  With that being said, they were also over my price range too. Will keep you posted. Wish me luck.

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