Never Work In A Job That You Hate To Buy Things That You Dont Need

I know a couple of friends who recently lost their job due to organization restructuring. Most of them has worked in that organization for more than 10 years, one of them was as long as 27 years.

There were a lot of anxiety and self assessment. I asked whether the job that they were in is their dream job? Almost most of them said no. When they graduated and joined the work force, something just changed. Piece by piece of themselves got buried by work, family and commitments. At the same time they grew to resent their job and even their life. I asked why they cannot change? Here are some reasons.

• Student loans
• Housing loans
• Car loans
• Children's education
• Household expenses
• etc...

As such, they have to hang on to a job that they do not like to pay off the commitments. It is a fair statement. But I would like to go deeper. Look at the expenses, do they see anything that is a "want" as opposed to a "need"? Is the latest Apple product a need? A car is a need for many but not the latest German marquess. A smaller car loan would mean smaller commitment. The same goes to a house.

Yes! You could be in a job that you hate, you have commitments to pay. If you are only focusing on the essentials and watch what you spend, you may still have extra resources to built your own dream, to achieve your aspiration. Use the extra resources to invest into your dream, it could be investing in yourself by going back to school or even saving up to built a small business for yourself.

Most people just do a job, raise a family and then die. Is this what you want? You do not want to wait until you are old and tired to figure out that you have lived a life that you do not want.

Start from today, challenge yourself to go deeper whenever you need to splurge on something or spend your time. Is this a need or want? Ask yourself whether you are happy in your job. If you are not happy in your job, what can make you happy? Do you have a plan to achieve that happiness?

Not all of us can work in our dream job but we can manage how long we need to work in a job that we dislike. For a start, manage your wants and slowly built towards your dream. At least, this makes the job that you hate feels a little bit better and you know you are not trapped.

Never work in a job that you hate to buy things that you don't need.