{"id":521,"date":"2017-12-08T17:35:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T12:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lensq.com\/?p=521"},"modified":"2017-12-08T17:35:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T12:05:08","slug":"4-signs-quit-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lensq.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/08\/4-signs-quit-job\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Signs to Quit your Job"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was in my first job, for the first one year, even though work was hectic and the pay was low, I never felt in the wrong place. My friends who were earning thrice of what I was earning were envious of me. But later things went bad and eventually, I realized I need to change my job. Contrastingly in my second job, for the first one year, I was struggling to go to office. But later, I did not see a reason to quit.<\/span>
\n 
\nThese two jobs, taught me valuable lessons.<\/span>
\n <\/p>\n

But why I am focusing so much on work?<\/span><\/h6>\n

 
\nYou have 24 hours in a day. One third of it, that is 8 hours is the minimum time which most of the work places demand. To be healthy, you need to spend 8 hours in sleeping. Now if I go back and calculate the amount of my waking time I spend in office, it turns out to be half. <\/span>
\n 
\nThis in turn translates to \u201c If I am not happy with my work, I am not happy for half of my life\u201d.<\/span>
\n 
\nIsn\u2019t it scary? You have just one life and half of that life you are wasting away in earning a living in a sad way. From my experience, living can be earned in a happy way too. But if you choose the sad way, it is not only the 8 hours in office but you end up carrying the frustration and depression to the remaining time. <\/span>
\n <\/p>\n

How do you know if you are in right job or not?<\/span><\/h6>\n

 
\nWhy should you work? What should a job give you?<\/strong>
\n 
\nYou should work not just to earn a living. Your happiness and intellectual growth are also important. If not anything else, you should find the job meaningful. It is a bonus if you have a healthy team or friends at work place.<\/span>
\n <\/p>\n

Signs to quit your job:<\/span><\/h6>\n

 
\n1.Happiness:<\/strong>
\n 
\na)You wish mornings never come. Especially on Mondays.<\/strong>
\n 
\nIf you are feeling this, waking up every morning is a gargantuan task. This not only eats up your time but also starts your day on a negative note. Even the weekend will not be spared. Entire Sunday goes off in worrying about the week ahead.<\/span>
\n 
\nb) You know what it feels like staying in a prison without staying in one<\/strong>
\n 
\nYou don\u2019t enjoy the place. It feels suffocated. You have monetary commitments and hence not able to get the hell out of there.<\/span>
\n 
\nc) You are in constant depression<\/strong>
\n 
\nYou feel happy only once in a month. The moment when salary is credited. And also you keep waiting for one day the entire year. And then feel depressed when the day comes. The salary hike day.<\/span>
\n 
\n2.Work life balance<\/strong>
\n 
\na)You don\u2019t know which day of the week it is<\/strong>
\n 
\nI used to work on Saturdays and Sundays too. At one point of time, I did not know what day of the week it was unless someone told me that they were enjoying the weekend.<\/span>
\n 
\n3.Intellectual growth<\/strong>
\n 
\na)You add no value to the organisation<\/strong>
\n 
\nYou treat it as a chore rather than as a career. If you find no meaning in the work you do, you will eventually hate your life.You day dream constantly about other possible jobs which only leads to more frustration.<\/span>
\n 
\nb)Your work is easily replaceable or can be automated<\/strong>
\n 
\nIf all you do is copy paste, anyone else can also do it.<\/span>
\n 
\nc)You feel like the smartest of the lot<\/strong>
\n 
\nYou find the work too easy for your level<\/span>
\n 
\n4.You think of only one thing all the time. When will I quit?<\/strong>
\n <\/p>\n

Is quitting the only solution for the above symptoms?<\/span><\/h6>\n

 
\n[emaillocker]
\n 
\n1.Happiness:<\/strong>
\n 
\nI will tell you a secret. The best way to be productive is to be happy. I will tell you one more secret, if you don\u2019t like the work, make a lot of friends. If you are having fun at office, you will come at least for the social life if not for the work.<\/span>
\n 
\n2.Work Life Balance:<\/strong>
\n 
\nIf you are working too much, you either don\u2019t know how to say no or you don\u2019t know the shortcuts. Either of them, you need to learn.<\/span>
\n 
\n3.Intellectual growth:<\/strong>
\n 
\nWithout this, your brain decays and decomposes. No point in crying later. If the work is not challenging, go seek challenging work. Ask for a change in role. Learn how to automate the routine work. <\/span>
\n 
\n4.Inspite of doing points 1 to 3, if you still feel the same, you should immediately quit your job.<\/strong>
\n[\/emaillocker]
\n 
\n 
\nHappy making your life better !<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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