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I can't work in this job for the 4th year running

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    sunseeker1
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    I posted some time ago about how bad i feel my life was , in summary i’m late 30’s, its been a year since my 5 year longterm relationship ended, I hate my job, I hate the life i’m living and i’m stuck and fed up.

    so last year i took a trip abroad and fell in love with being so far away from home in a great surroundings, i now have the chance to work there but the catch is its for 3 months .

    Last year I realised that I’ve failed at pretty much all important things i’ve wanted: having a relationship, getting married and having a family, travelling the world and  working abroad. It’s been a really painful time and everyday i return to my apartment, and do the same job i’ve been doing for years it makes me even more upset and empty, now i have this chance i am happy but disappointed it wasn’t longer than 3 months, if i go i need to  give up my appartment as i cant afford to keep it and pay the rent and i cant rent it out.

    I’ts a risk and i have been reading about how life is about taking risks and i don’t want to regret never trying but also part of me is scared, what happens after 3 months? i’ll have no home to come back to , no job and all this security in life i have been holding on to all these years will be gone.

    However on the other hand i thought maybe  i can go to another country and work there too if i can’t get a more permanent job in Asia (problem is their visa requirements for what i want to do).

    I guess i know i’m not happy with my life here, i’d rather be unhappy in a tropical climate than here seeing the same things and same people everyday, not growing and being miserable. I had hoped it would be a fresh start and maybe i could meet somebody too (which seems impossible but it’s a dream).

    Technically if i returned, i could move back in with my parents whilst looking for work as a worse case scenario, but the  to leave here is i want to be free,  in terms of free to do what i wanted to do, i feel i have been in a cage like a hamster on a wheel since university i thought my life would have changed as mentioned the plan was working towards marriage kids and moving abroad, now that plan is out of the window i feel i have nothing left here .

    so should i go or stay here i guess is the question. I hate being angry , bored, anxious and upset about my life an how circumstances led me to this path today, now i have a chance to get off this path but its to the unknown and literally goes against my natural pattern of being secure financially/home of my own that i can afford, but equally i just hate this status quo and i want to change it.

    I feel i always make such bad decisions, i know its impossible to know if the decision you  make will be the right one…

    #194761
    Kristel
    Participant

    I think you said it best when you said, “I can’t work in this job for the 4th year running.” Go explore for you never know where it may lead.  However, advice of caution, make sure you’re exploring to grow yourself for yourself. Not to find someone else, because that indicates you need to love yourself first.  Always hated hearing that and now, many years later, I realized it was the truth.  Explore. Find your tribe. Love yourself and life.

    #194777
    Mark
    Participant

    sunseeker1

    Yes you are right, it is impossible to know if you make the right decision unless you follow your inner wisdom and heart.  If you do that then it is the thing that is aligned with who you are.

    You want to live in a sunny climate.  At least you know that about yourself and what you want.  Start from there.  You have a job waiting there.

    Movement is growth.  Life is a risk.  I see the key ways of thriving in Life is flexibility, openness to possibilities, knowledge of self (what does your heart say/want?).

    You can choose to live from fear or not.  I know from experience that fear does not make a person happy.

    Mark

    #194803
    Anonymous
    Guest

    Dear sunseeker1:

    Welcome back.

    I was wondering, two years ago (you just turned 35 then), on your Feb 25 thread, you had the same situation, this job and the same flat. In two years didn’t you earn enough money to save so that you would  be able to afford currently working abroad for three months and pay rent on your flat before you leave, for those three months?

    I am also wondering why you cannot take time off from your job of 4 years, a 3 month time off, so that you can return to it in 3 months?

    That way if something wonderful happens abroad and you can stay there (or in another country) you can return home, close your affairs there and move abroad more permanently. And if it doesn’t work out abroad you will have the same job and the same flat to return to.

    anita

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