Taking a long break and choose another career is not an easy task for most people. After you have worked for one or two decades after graduation, you have established your career or at least secure a pretty good package. Your remuneration gives you a comfortable home, nice clothes, good food and a vacation per year. You are in the middle to progress to another level. But wait, is that the job you want or do you feel happy with your job?
Amazingly, many people are not happy with their job. They may not satisfy with the pay, does not like the job nature, tired of long working hours, hate the company's policy, not getting well with the boss, having interpersonal problems, or other reasons. But more amazing is that most people would rather stay as they fear that they may not get a job with similar pay. If you have read the book "Who moved my cheese?", you will know that things are changing nowadays and ready to move on is the attitude you need. If you do not like your job, choose another one. Act fast before it's too late. When you are soon to retire and you realize that you have done a job for 30 years but you do not like it. Isn't it a sad story? Your life is wasted! "You have exactly 5 minutes to win or you have the whole life to regret it". If life is a story book, a book on a person who have done a job or several jobs but none of them makes him happy, this is a story of failure. Happiness does not necessary mean money or a nice apartment, only you know what makes you happy and only you know whether your job gives you happiness.
Keep working on a job you don't like may affect your health also. My Mandarin instructor told me that many of us would spend the first half of our life to get money at the expense of our health, and we would spend the money we got to maintain our health at the second half. Isn't it ironic?
If money is what you worry the most, a simple formula told by my marketing instructor makes you know whether you have enough resources to have a new life. If you need to spend $30,000 per month after retirement, one year is $360,000 and 10 years is $3.6 million. If you are 40 now and you expect to live until 90, you need $18 million. If you have the money, you may resign now.
If you want to change your job, go ahead and make your day. Enjoy your life!
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3 comments:
What a coincidence! I also have the dilemma at this moment and your message made me have a new insight about the issue. Thanks!
Louisa
Then how's your life story book??? Now at the crossroad of change? Good luck, my friend.
... conclusion ... re-think everyday ...
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