Posted by . September 19th, 2011 at 9:10 pm. Leave a comment.

When WG1 and I were living in Hoboken, I had a nice little walk to get to the PATH which took me over to NYC. During this walk every morning, I used to think about all the places I would rather be than on the way to my job. And it wasn’t a, “Oh man, I really wish I was in Barbados right about now” or “Wouldn’t it be nice if I had the day off to sit around in my PJs?”

No, this was serious low point shit.

During my walk, I would pass grocery stores, cleaners, gyms, and little shops. And I would say to myself, “Please, you could own a bar. How hard is owning a bar? I should open a bar like tomorrow so I don’t have to go to work at X Company anymore.” Or I would think, “Chinese food? I could make Chinese food? I could even deliver Chinese food. Yea, I could deliver Chinese food. That would be great!” The kicker…at one point I actually thought, “I could work at a cleaners. Ironing clothes sounds fun!”

Like really. I thought ironing clothes all day in a hot cleaners sounded like a terrific job next to my 9 to 6 marketing job where I basically sat at my desk and answered phones and emails. Talk about a cushy job compared to manual hard labor.

But that’s when I know I hit a low point. My low point was thinking I would rather quit my job and get a job delivering Chinese food.

Today was another one of those low points for me. I’m chalking it up to a lot of changes going at my current company and within my department specifically. I’m sure tomorrow will be better.

But today I would rather have had a job at a cleaners.

7 Comments ( Reply )

  1. MonsteRawr
    Sep 19, 2011 @ 11:26 pm

    Once, during a sting of essentially unemployment, I talked about starting a small ironing business in my home. I now look back and think about how sad that was, because I needed to iron peoples’ shirts for $5 each to feel like I had purpose. That’s messed up.

  2. Tamara
    Sep 20, 2011 @ 12:00 am

    This post was right on time, because I’ve been having the same thoughts. For me, I know a change is going to have to come real soon.

  3. Dicky Carter
    Sep 20, 2011 @ 8:11 am

    I say stuff like that to myself all the time, usually on a Monday. By Friday… my jobs not so bad, not great, but not so bad.

  4. Marcy
    Sep 20, 2011 @ 8:47 am

    Hang in there, girl! My lowest point at a job was my first job out of college. I once called in sick from the parking lot because I just couldn’t bear to go inside. It sucks. In the end, you just have to know within yourself what you want and how you’re going to get it. You are strong and hard working and you will persevere!

  5. Ms. Attitude
    Sep 20, 2011 @ 9:22 am

    I hope things work out for you soon! I know what it’s like to be at that point. I have had moments where I thought it would be great to clean houses all day as opposed to my 8-5, M-F job.

  6. Katie
    Sep 20, 2011 @ 11:47 am

    Been there. That’s how I ended up in an assistant position after working in advertising for years. Two years later, I’m so ready for a change.

  7. Grace
    Sep 20, 2011 @ 2:34 pm

    Sometimes I think, I should be a waitress! Or bake cookies! Or mend clothes! And then I remember, that would be fun for 5 seconds and I would have no $$.