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I Hate My Job and Don’t Know What To Do Next! Help!

I Hate My Job and Don’t Know What To Do Next! Help!

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Toya Gavin
Jan 24, 2019
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If you’re in a job you hate, figuring out what to do next can feel pretty daunting, especially if you’ve worked most of your adult life to get there.

Take lawyers for example. If you’ve done all the work to get your college degree, survived the rigors of law school, nearly died of anxiety trying to pass the bar, and then paraded yourself and your resume all over town trying to get a “good” job, it can feel like a sick joke that after all that you hate going to work every morning.  So what do you do if you’re mid-career, have bills to pay, but desperately need a do-over on this whole career thing?

To be honest with you, tomorrow, you’re probably going to drag yourself back to work. However, if you follow the steps below, you’ll go into that job knowing what you really want to do next and have a plan to leave your job this year.

Here’s what you need to do.

Step #0: Change Your Thinking

There’s always some pre-work to any course of study or plan of attack, right?  Well, this prework has to b…

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