Dumb little man posted this advice about how to deal with a career that you hate. His three main steps are as follows:

1. Determine How You Feel About Your Current Career
2. Find Your Passion
3. Take Those Frightening Steps Toward Change

This is sound advice. I think the hardest step out of these three is taking the first steps towards change. Many of us can narrow down two or three different professions that they would rather be doing than their current one. However, taking that leap of faith towards changing careers is a whole different story than talking about change.

This statement in the article struck me most:

You spend too much of your life working to settle for a job that does not inspire you. Dissatisfaction leads to apathy, which in turn leads to escapism. When you do not feel engaged in your own life, you find other outlets to help you try to cope. These things could be as innocuous as becoming consumed by the Internet or by playing endless hours of video games, or they could become as serious as drug or alcohol addiction, or heavy gambling.

Take a look at the people in your life that struggle with addictions such as being hooked to alcohol, video games, or gambling. Do those people love their jobs? If they did, they would have a much stronger reason to spend their time furthering their career or business rather than fueling their addictions. Our work affects every aspect of our life. It affects our marriage, friendships, spiritual life, and emotional well-being. We cannot settle for mediocrity and uninspiring work. We must fulfill the passions in our hearts and minds that we grew up dreaming about.

Tomorrow, I am going to talk about how to fulfill a passion while working a job that you don’t like.