When is Enough, ENOUGH?

The economy is down, times are tough, we are all tightening our belts and trying to cut costs and hearing again and again that things will turn around...eventually...But what about those that can't wait?

I came across a blog not too long ago called The Chief Happiness Officer. Although he is another part of the world, where things are much different (the world makes a little more sense if your Danish I suppose), he often makes a great point about having one life, so why be miserable? There are no do-overs. I admire his thinking.

Right now, there are those that are trapped in jobs where they are not necessarily treated fairly but have no choice but to hold one. Times are tough and walking away from a career affects more than your paycheck, especially if you have a family to consider.

On the other hand, how do you keep on making that commute and completing the mundane tasks assigned as everything you love, the reasons you went to work in the first place are slowly and deliberately stripped away leaving you exposed...and then they kick you once more for good measure and tell you to "play ball."

I wrote once that there are people in the working world that can lift you up, and then there are those that absolutely suck the life force right out of you. For whatever reason the problems with the economy are hitting the former at a disproportionate rate. More and more of the individuals I admire are receiving the pink slip while the leeches that secretly latch on to your ideas and then suck them from you until they become fat off your accomplishments and fall back down to the ground only to be picked up by the next unsuspecting and passionate newbie continue to rise to the top, rewarded with corner offices and Emmy's they didn't earn and don't deserve.

When do you put your foot down and say ENOUGH of this SHIT!

I asked in the beginning about the people that can't wait for things to get better. Are you one of those that is tired of having your ideas stolen by ridiculous high-school-esque game-players while you continue to pound out 60 hour work weeks for the same low salary that can't even feed your family, much less buy school supplies? If so, what do you do?

When times are tough, I have always found a way to muscle through and come out on the other side a stronger person for it. But now as my confidence is chipped away I fear that if I stay where I am I will become a "true company woman", passionless and embittered, draining the next generation of do-gooders that come into the office, living off their energy like some sort of corporate vampire. I don't want to be that person.

I want to hold on to my dreams not those of another.

To Be Continued.....