Why I Quit My Corporate Job for Labour Work
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- Опубликовано: 11 мар 2019
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In this video I tell you guys about my journey switching careers. I took this jump to take charge of my life and find happiness! Hopefully some of you can relate and connect with my story. It was really fun to make and I hope you all enjoy!
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I use to be a lawyer, than I was a teacher... now I stack shelves in a supermarket and I’m the happiest
I'm blown away by this comment. It's so encouraging.
Former 5 figures salary engineer job...working security job...I have time doing trading and online bussines at my security work...😂
I work in a logistics company as an operator. Every moment I'm there I fantasize about skipping up to the roof and launching myself into the parking lot, right onto the bosses truck ;)
@@nathelm8693 hahahah...I feel u bro....
I've seen this at my company. People that used to work in leadership and management positions switched to regular floor work. They are content. I, myself, perfer to be in supportive positions.
The youtube algorithm is trying to tell me something
😂
Yeah this recommendation come up to me, right after i tried to transition my job to something else by applying other jobs hahaha
Right
Same!!
😳
No matter how far down the wrong road you’ve gone, turn back.
- Turkish Proverb
That is gold. I know many people, myself included, who need to hear that
Wow thank you!
That really hit me :(
In dutch it is kind of the same: "beter ten halve gekeerd, dan ten hele gedwaald" - which literally means better turn half-way, then to get lost in/at the end.
Türkler her yerde
Makes sense, humans were not designed to sit in an office motionless for 10 hrs 5-6 days a week.
Lol
I've moved from a sales corporation to a labour field, feels natural, I walk alot and its stress free. Couldn't be happier and earning more money.
@@droneographytv8848 what labor field?
@@michaelj6392 train depot driver.
Humans weren't designed at all. We can adapt to being motionless.
This is exactly why I quit medical school and became a plumber. My family thought I was crazy and so did most of my "friends" at the time. But I'm happy, I don't live in debt, I'm free to have a social life and live. I work to live now, instead of living to work.
Good for you. Bravo!
In Australia plumbers are payed up to $120 an hour
I've thought about getting into the trades. How are the work hours as a plumber?
Plumber here 2 man ur gonna love it 😉
Plumbers make awesome living and they're always in demand it's a no brainer. And if you're happy and content more power to you👍
I worked in finance for 15 years and quit to clean trains - at night and on my own. Best decision ever. Zero stress, zero drama
What job is that even called?
Idk why this is so amazing to hear. Just the fact that you’re doing something of seemingly “low-importance” but there’s something sacred about making a space tidy and habitable for others that’s so fulfilling. Thank you for sharing.
That's tight
Whether you are switching between night & day shift or you are working only night shift then I'd recommend optimizing your Circadian rhythm as best you can if you haven't already. "The Circadian Code" is a short book and probably the best read for People working nightshifts. After all shift makes you more prone to developing heart disease, obesity and even cancer to name a few. All the best and take care of yourself. 🙂
B-but what about the ghosts?
I'm a contractor. Talked with a painter who used to be a therapist. Said he was tired of other people's problems. Changed my outlook on the trades.
Said he was tired of other people's 🤣
Wow I hope my therapist doesn’t feel like that lol but I get how hearing about negative things all day could really take a toll on someone. Shout to all the people that do it though, we need you!
This is exactly why I changed my major and stopped pursing a psych degree. Was planning to become a therapist.
I was also in corporate, learned farmer, now i sit in the office again because of bureaucracy, i hate it, but my office training helps me to connect the dots and that creates a sense for me.
I’d much rather talk to people and help them than watch paint dry.
My husband went from being in corporate finance for 25 years to a pool man. He has never been happier.
Whooooah!?
He has a good wife, as you still call him a husband. I have heard about a lot of immoral woman who look into a marriage more like in a strategic path, than a spiritual life element.
@@41BOT Thank you. It came about because he asked to be a stay home dad when our child was born. I knew I didn't want to stay home because I still wanted to climb the corporate ladder. Once our son started Kindergarten, I thought he would go back to corporate finance. He still wanted to be there for our child and be able to pick him up from school, etc...so he looked for a job that would fit his "parenting" schedule. All while I traveled and got into executive management.
I thought to myself. If it were the other way around, I would expect him to support my decision, so it was only right to respect his.
@@rosahearn6132 That's beautiful. Love this! We need more dad's like him in the world!
Hmm 🤔 don’t know if that is good or bad... does he still service your ‘pool’? 😉
I have been fighting my soul for 13 years working a corporate job... I never wanted to get into it. I never wanted to do a master's in marketing. I just followed the herd.
13 years later 39 years old now, I found myself crying in the bathroom trying to finish a presentation wondering how I got to this point over and over again... I am responsible for my anxiety and depression. I murdered my soul.
Your video saved me. Articulated in 10 minutes what I was going through for 13 years. I still don't have the courage to stop... Especially with bloody COVID around now...
But I have to, I just know I have to. I have to go blue collar and start all over again.
I too was toying with the idea of landscaping or study to become an electrian.
I want to work with my hands fewer people and less deadlines!
You are a beautiful person and reminded me that we are all not cut from the same cloth... Something I knew in college but got lost in the noise of the world.
I'm going to do it... I have to, for the sake of my mental health.
Elvan Rehman Please do! Give us an update when you’ve made the change. ❣️👍🏾
@@VideoSiteAccess I will... Covid 19 has given me an opportunity to look at a lot of things. And soon as I chalk something out I will update this space. Peace.
Good luck friend! My sister got fired from her boring Corporate soul sucking job and it forced her to reassess and she’s going to study environmental and sustainability management in feb 2021. She was so sad but now she’s completely over the moon that she’s going to pursue her true dream and nurture her soul
I am doing an MBA in order to get to the management consulting or some other jobs. But before making this mistake I realise that's not for me .
I'll change directions and after graduation will do something that I enjoy while earn money .
@@mahyarhajizade8821 Good that you have insight to who you are at this point.
Some of us are one thing and some of us are many things.
I'm trying to see what is it that I can devote myself to for 4 to 6 years at least.
I really want to just build a small self sufficient farm/homestead and have a wife and kids and friends with me.
SAME
@@AshleyEmbers I remember as a kid in school we visited this historic farm and there were reenactors showing how to bake bread and raise chickens and maintain tools and sew, etc. I want all that to help reconnect with real life, but with internet and electricity. Ya know, not full Amish.
Dreams do come true! Let me know when I can place a large order of eggs and bacon, thx.
Same!!!!
Same
Spent a ton of money for a degree in Information Technology... ended up a truck driver 😂😂 lmao best decision i ever made! I love my blue collar career! 👍🏾
Damn bro... i too like taking the same steps you did.
Got a degree in Manufacturing Engineering now I'm a beekeeper. Couldn't be happier lol.
@Alien West farmer is the best....probably because I am a foody :p . I am in IT and I want first to start gardening and see how I feel like.
@Alien West I'm a CPA as well in Ontario, I feel something blue collar would be better for me too. Used to work in retail, loved it and thrived in it but a part of me feels that's just me being in my comfort zone.
@Alien West I am a black woman, started Trucking at 48 years old after being an insurance adjuster for 20 years. I've never been so happy, never worked so hard physically and Been So Satisfied. I'm 52 now, between the big cranes that lift the shipping containers at the railyard on to the back of my truck, they are just paying me to go play with big toys. It's a ball, good money, go for it.
I hated with a passion being an administrative assistant or having to sell people stuff. I was good at it but everything about it was agonizing. My best job was the post office as a mail handler. The hours were crazy and at times the labor was brutal but i was so active and i loved it. My mother said i had the mind of a poor person and that i was accepting my life as a pack mule. I ended up quitting and going back into something i hated and now im miserable again. Sometimes it's the people closest to you that make you obsessed with money and status.
Wow! this resonated with me so much. I love nature, animals and being outdoors. Growing up I wanted to be a zookeeper, but my mom told me I wouldn't make any money there. So, now I make 6 figures and am miserable from the time I wake up to the time I go to sleep. I need to make some drastic changes for me. I don't care what people think anymore..
Best of luck to you!!
Wow I’m sorry about your mom... but don’t feel bad about the things she says because she is talking about herself and not about you. The simple life is the best life. And since she’s so “amazing” I hope she will leave you a nice inheritance, if not tell her to shut her trap!
Being successful does not mean being rich and famous as many may think. Being successful is enjoying your life even if you work sweeping the floors of an airport. It has nothing to do with status and it has everything to do with what makes you feel good, what brings you enjoyment and a sense of fulfillment.
Your mom wants the best for you, I'm sure, and she might think that post job is not enough for your potential. You can do whatever you want in life. Notice the characteristics of that post job. Did you like interacting with people? Customer service? Moving a lot instead of being glued to a chair? Doing this exercise can help you funnel your preferred work profile to know what to look for, in case you can't go back immediately to the post office. I wish you the best ♥
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This sounded like my parents. I love my family but they also contributed lots to my depression without them knowing
I wouldn’t say that your 4 years were wasted. It’s like Jim Carey said “I wish everyone could become rich and famous so they’d see it wasn’t the answer to anything.” Now that you’ve tried the other path, you can appreciate the path you’ve chosen rather than wondering what might have been.
I loved Jim Carey, but he Really went off the deep end
@@jamescollier3 he sure did but I don't see how that makes him less lovable. He's dealing with some huge questions most of us take for granted.
@@Ebb0Productions oh. I didn't know they were personal too
@@Ebb0Productions yeah some people love delusional celebs. he's super TDS.
it's like loving hitler for his art.
Ndd
I wish high schools didn't push the college route so hard and encouraged students to check out all their options, like trade schools for example. A lot of people I've met went to college with no idea what they were in for and how much debt they'd accumulate, only to end up in a job that didn't make them happy... One of my friends from university never pursued a career with her biology degree. She's super happy running an independent coffee shop and living more simply
I couldn’t have said is better myself 😊
Same. I got a degree in Biology because I initially wanted to go into medicine or pharmacy but then got into a field that didn't require biology. New tech and social media opened up so many new areas.
High school is too groom you to be part of the system. They don't want you to be self sufficient
Must become fuel for the world engine.
My sister got a French degree and I think the only roundabout way she ever used it was on her cv to get her first graduate job. She's a writer now.
I am a nurse and the sickest people I meet are the ones that worked in a corporate job, the ones with the fewest problems that make it the longest without intervention are the once that had some type of labor job.
@@x3unkow Do you work from home? I'm about to, and I've been researching different types of desks that would allow for some activity. There are standing desks that you can move up and down to alternate between sitting and standing. Or "treadmill desks" (sounds crazy, I know) where you get a flat treadmill that can fit under a standing desk. Even if you have to work in an office, see if you can get a standing desk converter. There are a lot of people in my office that have one they got from corporate after applying for health reasons
Hahaha I work in a gym as a trainer and this is a fact.
One time I saw a young man struggling to squat and rerack 200lbs. I was getting ready to go run and help him, but this tiny old Chinese lady, who is about 70 came up, took off him and squatted it and re racked it for him 😂😂😂😭😭.
She told me it was because she'd spent her whole life squatting and carrying water buckets and such on a farm.
Haha I hear ya, I was a senior nurse until last year, ended up quitting and studying vehicle mechanics now and hoping to get a truck license soon love it!
@@edi8656 I agree I think nursing is the worst. I used to work at a mill and my body has gone to crap. I think I need to go back or do some kind of a labor job.
@@elizabetha8565 yep my body and mind feel incomparable compared to a few months ago. I dont know how I was functioning living off junk food and caffeine and actually having nightmares about my work. Miss a few faces mostly patients but honestly do not miss the job one bit, trying to offer so much with minimal resources and limitations is soul destroying.
Hearing my dad talk about how miserable his job makes him is so sad. He only stays and takes the stress because he had to take care of us. He’s retiring soon and is so excited about it. Do what makes you happy. We are brainwashed to think that only certain careers can make us happy.
We often struggle with prioritizing work and validation over quality of life.
I prefer life in the gulags too.
PREAAAAACH
i dont
I would have scrolled past this comment some months ago without giving it a second thought, but now, this is everything.
When you read the 4 gospels and realize Jesus was arguing this.
I'm kind of on the same path. Got my Master's degree, worked for 6 years in my field and was miserable every day. I cannot stand small talk and working in a cubicle is my worst nightmare. On top of that, I have never liked authority and being told what to do. I just started my own business because I decided I no longer want to be part of the corporate world and my happiness is through the roof right now. I am also making more money right now as well. So it is a win win.
did you make a labor type business?
What kind of business did you do?…
What business is that please
This sounds like me, except I don’t have a business yet! Pls what type of business did you set up?
It's been 9 months, how did that business idea work out? Are you thriving? Making profit?
I’m a teacher but I quickly realised it’s not “the job” for me. I started doing labour work & I was the happiest. Less stress, less drama, less work at home... the days flew by very fast...
Unfortunately I got fired last year b/c of covid. I’m back to teaching again (for 4 months) & I’m already stressed out & I cry every morning on my way to school. Can’t wait to find another job soon... I’m counting down the days!
Which labor job u did
Same.... hope we will be okay soon...
Keep your head up Sarahh!! you got this!! I tear up every now and then between my back to back meetings and presentations! Follow your heart and true passions. I will be doing the same very soon!
I went to nannying. Still work with kiddos and none of the paperwork and other stressors. I love it!
I hope you are doing ok lately. How are you? Take care of yourself n I wish you a good day (and more to come) ❤️
"Your body is going to be broken down by the time you're 40." 7:35
Lol you should see some of the people that work in an office 50 hours per week.
That's the average American though. Obese and half broken at 40.
manual work actually makes you live longer because your body is always active and sweating, you dont even need to exercise to be fit. just look at the farmers and everyone else who does manual work.
Doing hard labour - broken before you are 30😂😂😂
@@SoldierofGodAki Really ,what do you do all day? Dig ditches ?
@@andreas3850 yeah kinda but thats not the worst part.
I used to be a Police Officer, that was the worst job I've ever worked. The stress of the supervisors and the people who hated me for the badge I wore made me almost suicidal. I left and got a modest job for almost the same amount of money. I will never go back! I truly feel bad for those who feel stuck, they judge you for leaving and they judge you for staying.
You don't owe anyone anything! life is too short, i've held dying children in my arms, held dying young folks who died from drug overdose.... I can't imagine laying on my death bed and looking back at all of the suffering i've seen. I want to smile and feel good about the life I lived.
I like what you said ,we didn't own nothing anyone.degree didn't make People happy.
Gosh, this is how I feel about becoming a therapist. Seeing all the suffering... not sure I have the stomach for a lifetime of that.
I was in the same boat. Thought at age 23 I wanted to be a police officer. Turned it was not worth it at all. Working endless OT. No time to take care of yourself, your days off are spent in court. At 27 I now work a super relaxed job that is work from home and I am loving it
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Good for you, man. Life's too short to waste.
My family was baffled when I left law (south africa) to work in a bakery (germany) 5 years ago. Changed my life. I discovered how little I knew of the world, and how much I love languages.
Since then I worked in a hotel, bakery, and taught English at a university, and half the time I was doing them at the same time, minus the stress of law. I also traveled more than I could dream of. I didn't think life could feel this good and I'm not even rich or anything. Wild
Germany has some of the best bread that I've ever tasted.
Do you feel financially insecure ? How did you manage to get a job without geman ? How hard was it learning the language ?
Makes me think of the book 5 love languages (if I recalled the name right)
@Thato Tau: friggin phenomenal!!
@@andreas3850 Germans speak really good english and working at a bakery (unless you're a cashier) doesn't require using the language. As for working at a hotel, most people are gonna be tourists and will be speaking english, so being a native english speaker is an advantage.Also german is considered to be the easiest language for english speakers to learn.
I wasn't strong or brave enough to be a disappointment to my parents, and let me tell yah, I regret it so much... do what makes you happy.
It's never too late to change :)
What did you do?
Are you Asian?
Being a disappointment isn’t so bad when you’re happy
Problem is I don’t know what makes me happy.. I guess video games but I can’t make any money from that
Got a degree in architecture, got a job in architecture, felt on top of the world. A few years in I felt like my life was over and I was so insanely bored. So I tried working at a few different companies to see if it was just the place I was working and nope, I just absolutely hate office work and my work stress was ruining my marriage.
So I quit and got a job coordinating habitat restoration, which is half office half outdoors doing things like pulling invasive plants, planting trees, placing fish traps, doing streambank stabilization, it's awesome! I couldn't imagine sitting in a chair all day.
I’m the same way!’ I’m just like you! I can’t sit on a desk all day! I love moving around work spaces! Plus I hear it’s healthier when your body is able to move around throughout the day
That's so awesome!!! Congrats!!!
Stress at my work has been putting a strain on my relationship as well.. But most inportantly on my mental health .. I hope to be liberated from the corporate chains soon though.
I am curious, how did you land this job? Did your degree qualify you for it? It sounds amazing and just what I would love to do. I am happy for you, you deserve it!
I did a very similar job in habitat restoration after working mostly office jobs and really enjoyed it! Working outside and exercising while you do it makes such a difference! Good for you!
@@benjaminreinsch392 no my degree didn't qualify me for it. I just wrote a really honest letter of Intent and emphasised that I'd self-taught the needed skulls and knowledge just from personal interest over the years and that I was willing to do a longer probation period. Sometimes being super enthusiastic gets you in :)
Been a delivery man for the last 20 years and always loved it. The pay is good, no stress and the best part is I’m alone all day.
Heaven!
I work alone most of the time and I’ve always had a lot of depression so sometimes I get really stuck in that depression being alone so much.
That's the same reason why I love doing food delivery! I set my own hours, have no boss, and very low stress
Always being alone isn't good.
I bang my head against the wall every time I have to sit in yet another useless meeting!
When I worked in HR we use to have at least three meetings a day. A waste of time, we had meetings to plan another meeting. And the main reason for the meetings, were for management to drill us of why the productivity is so low. Clue: if we did not have sooo many meetings we could actually get more work done🤔
@@bigvalley4987 lol
@@bigvalley4987 I hate useless meetings
I have one in 10 minutes. Jesus!
I hear you. Sometimes I'm in 8 meetings a day. It gets old really fast.
My husband was a BDM in sales and started having panic attacks after 20 years. I thought he was having a heart attack and I was going to lose him. He was made redundant and now a few months later is a handy man. And he’s so much happier! Best choice for us
Bless him
Sales careers are brutal. Constantly chasing targets is so stressful. Glad he is happy now.
welldone :D
@@aoutsky I gave up sales and am now much happier and healthier. And I sleep better too!
Your husband is so lucky to have a wife that is supportive.
I finished my degree and got offered a job as a probation and parole officer. Everyone in the office looked miserable and stressed out. This observation made me decline the job offer and now I work part time in a supermarket. I think I saved myself a lot of stress. Self love is first!
fr now i rethink abt manual labor its fun the job it self its hard but fun and just kinda low paying
Bet you regret working in a supermarket now
I was a teacher, and became a housekeeper for a vacation rental company! I love that when I leave work, it’s done and that’s that. I feel good at the end of the day that I accomplished something, and cleaning for me is very therapeutic 😄 I get some great alone time too, can listen to music, RUclips, podcast, whatever. I love the relaxed environment, and all my coworkers are so nice, because we work at the beach ❤️
So cool!😊
I used to work at a hotel in Virginia Beach when I was a student, also by the ocean. Literally, it was the best time. And now I am a teacher. The work never finishes
@@tatianapavlova7497 Definitely go with your gut!! I always thought I wanted to be in technology and make a 6 figure income. And now that I do I want anything but that. I plan on quitting soon and taking some time to evaluate what I feel passionate about!! We literally are the only ones that walk in our shoes.. Screw what anyone else has to day for it.
I have come to realiE that I am that crayon that doesn't fit in the box lol and thats okay. Makes me more special.
I want to be a housekeeper so bad but my family thinks I’m nuts since I have a college degree. I really hope I get the balls to do it one day. I love cleaning, especially for other people... I too find it therapeutic and I love seeing other people’s homes.
@@brothertn708 i know people who have started small housekeeping businesses, they work for themselves and find their own clients, and set their own rates
People who work as laborers are nicer than the folks in corporations.
True
This is something I struggle with. I know I "should" want to excel in my office job and get promoted, but I see those with more seniority than me spending more and more of their personal time working the higher up the ladder you go, and I don't want that. I want to do a great job and try my hardest but clock out at the end of the day and not think about work until the next work day, and have my priority in life be my family, hobbies, pets, and personal life
You said it perfectly. I feel you.
Yeah I feel this. I worked a really high paying sales amd personal training job and hated it.
Now I teach children's dance classes 😌 and train on the side and i'ts much nicer.
This isn’t so bad, huh? Makin’ bucks, gettin’ exercise, workin’ outside
Free staplers
Getting paid to workout
F***in A
Its all good until your car brakes down and you can't afford to fix it, or you get sick with no insurance...
@@franciscoreyes7370 she literally said she makes more money doing this than in her corporate job. So for her at least, that isn't a problem.
I’m a 30yr old female, leaving my professional career and starting welding school next month! I am so excited. I love working with my hands.
Good luck!
Good one..i too lost job let me know if u have vacancy
I am thinking about doing the same thing
Do it girl! I did the same, turns out I'm really good at welding too
I’m in welding school rn too 💪🏽
I worked an office job for 20 years. Now I’m a package handler for a shipping company. I don’t know how to express what a positive, life altering change it has been.
Wow, that sounds awesome!
@CheriePrior: sounds PERFECT! NO explanation needed!
I left my tech company making over 100K after just 10 months of being there and I was so miserable, the micromanaging, the lies, the pressure brought me into such deep depression I quit and moved across the country and become a staff cleaner, I make decent money, I live simply and I’ve had so much time to get therapy, start planning my business, painting, taking care of my body, eating better, dealing with my anxiety etc and I’m a lot happier, I’m 25 btw and I’m really glad I learned early not to sacrifice my mental and physical health for financial health
I’m a custodian and I love it. It’s simple and pure. I’m doing something that’s genuinely helpful to people. I have no stress and really enjoy my life. I’ll never go back to my so called career. My career is enjoying life and the people I love.
Thank u for all u do💕
What career you leave to be a janitor?
@@user-lu6yg3vk9z I worked in medical research as an animal tech
@@outaboutwithleeyamcgeeya2571 ok , medical field crazy itself. I hear Physicians are being replaced with kid-level providers and machines.
@@user-lu6yg3vk9z yes just all around toxic environment. I dont miss it.
I've been a dental assistant for 11years. My mind says its what I want to do but my heart begs to differ.. i took a break once and worked a warehouse MARLEY LILLY and i loved it. I walked around listening to my headphones, looking for items to pack for customers. It was like solving puzzles all day. I enjoyed the freedom of working alone, walking, listening to pod cast/music. And leaving by 3pm. Im currently interested in trying a serving postion (never done it) bc Marley Lilly is seasonal.
At 37, I recently became a mail man. Right now, my biggest anxiety about it is being judged by women on dates because it’s not a lucrative job.
You can say you're working for a multi-million government supervised business, facilitating communication and the interchange of goods and consumer products. You spend most of your working hours travelling for business. And of course, you have a company vehicle!
@@patrickgono6043 well played sir
@@monolith94 middle class women will not give you the time of day. Single moms with three kids, on welfare, no savings and a ton of credit card debt, that is who you will be dating now lmao
@@barbellsamurai8014 damn you said it best. But many not all woman want the top one percent of men making bank. They usually hang out in the finish line 🏁 but I assume there’s still woman who will give you the time of day. But they do judge, very hard.
@@barbellsamurai8014 nah, middle class women will still go for him if he is decent looking. Middle class men are all out there pretending they are rich to get sugar babies so middle class women got nobody to aim for and rich men won't give most the time of day. So middle aged corporate women all are stuck with lower class men lol .
The best laid plans of mice and men... Trained to become a computer programmer. I was good at it. Wanted nothing else. Realised that I'm not a people person. Couldn't work in an office environment. Rather than working in offices I started cleaning them. That was thirty years ago and I'm still a janitor, working for myself. Best decision I ever made. Freedom!
I was a custodian years ago in various positions--nursing home, private homes, cleaned outhouses at a state park. Currently I am finishing my 30th years of teaching in higher education, and many days I think back to my custodial work and wish I were still doing it. I could see an end result; I was physically active; I was working outside at the state park, and I didn't have to grade essays and listen to people whine and be ungrateful. It was really nice to read that you are happy with your business. Thanks for posting; your post lifted my spirits.
I'm an ex programmer also. Left 3 years ago to become a stone fabricator. It's amazing how your mental health improves when your not constantly on the computer debugging code. I still code on my free times when I want but will NEVER go back in the tech field. So toxic.
Mental work is far more exhausting than physical work. U can recover quickly from physical exertion by resting. Not true with mental work. Like u said it stays with u, it piles up. Kudos to u for realizing this early in life and jumping off the insane train 👍
Mental work is okay, but corporate is rather a lot of mental bullshit! At least at my work
I think it's so incredibly mature of you to realize that you are an individual and have needs that are not met by the conventional corporate system. Good for you!! I wish more people would take their education and appreciate it for the learning, growth experience it was and not force themselves to get a job in the field in which they majored. Happiness prevails!!!
Thank you! I thinks it’s so important to be self aware and not to settle!
It's ironic because I want to migrate to another country and they want my work experience to be what I majored in and I didn't do that. Fuck them. I'm fine being a square peg in a round hole.
Happiness is an illusion. Give up right now, you must be molded into a systemic specimen.
Thought provoking... Ya people should be more aware
I started studying law a couple of years ago because I never felt 'good enough' compared to my friends in high flying corporate roles. Halfway through my course I realised that I actually already have an incredibly enviable life. I have a job that I mostly like, where I work with people that I like , and that pays me enough to do the things I like in my free time. Sure, I have to save hard for some things, and I can't afford to be frivolous, but a major key factor is that I have the free time to enjoy in the first place. I work 10am-6pm and leave my work at work. It never eats into my evenings or weekends.
My friends that I thought were doing better than me routinely work 12 hour days and into the weekends, and carry a lot of stress as a result of that. I think I'd rather stay where I am and save harder instead of work harder.
I love this. It’s actually so rare to be able to leave your work at work
Being frugal with less money is better than being frivolous with more money. No matter how wealthy a person may be, frivolous spending leads to debt.
But what work are you doing tho?
I work in a lab and honestly I need to appreciate it more. Am I happy with my career...I don’t know. I’m stressed out without really knowing why because I work in a low stress position. I get to leave work at work and just focus on home when I’m home. I’ll tell you what though, she made landscaping sound pretty good... I think if I lived somewhere warm year round it would be great.
@@SuperUsername147 I would probably still work in an office if I were able to leave work at home. As a web developer it's impossible. Left 3 years ago and am in a happier place physically and mentally.
I looove working by myself. I hand out parking tickets on a college campus by myself. No one to talk down to me or unnecessary gossip. I'm relaxed at work.
I have a Bachelor's degree in psychology. I quit that boring office life style now i'm an Electrician, the trades are bad ass and better money. I regret going to college wasting all that time and money
College is a scam these days. RUclips Peter Schiff College.
I agree! I was an IT engineer, now a pastry chef. Best change ever! Im very glad that u brought uo this topic, there's not enough talk on this! There's nothing wrong with blue collar jobs and I dont understand why an engineer would be "better " than plumber?
The engineer contributes more to society, and is in a very high skill position. This doesn’t make them a better person, but in the sense of actual value they produce they would be greater in that aspect.
I started out as a mechanical engineer, realized I didn’t enjoy anything about the work environment. I couldn’t even make it past an interview at large corporations because I found the people and culture so repulsive. Ended up going back to school, finishing my piano performance degree, and taught piano for about five years. I always missed having physical activity and being outside though so when my teaching business died at the beginning of the pandemic I took a job as a delivery driver while I got my skoolie going. Now I’m living in a skoolie, traveling, making RUclips videos while playing piano and occasionally designing boats. I guess I just like doing a bit of everything and working at my own speed for myself.
How do you jump from job to job so seamlessly? That sounds great
I guess mechanical engineer and computer programmers both have the same repulsive and toxic culture as you mentioned. Went through the same thing but only as a developer. Worked as a Stone Fabricator for a couple of years until I got injured on the job. Now medically retired and living off my military compensation. Life is good when you're not working in an office.
I do IT support in nyc making 6 figures. But with the recent work at home for almost a year...I needed to do some exercise. I always enjoy bike riding. So I started doing door dash and ubereat food delivery with my bike as part time while doing my full time job. I found it more enjoying doing food delivery because I get some exercise and ppl always happy to see you with their food. Also you can make as much or little as you want for food delivery. You are in charge of your own schedule. I think if I ever get laid off from my IT job, I will do ubereat/door dash full time
I think I’d like doing IT support. Did you get a degree for it or just certificates?
@@duncanbug i majored in computer science in college but didn’t enjoy programming. So I went into desktop/help desk/IT support instead. Now I’m doing IT support for a financial company.
This so pure, it makes me so happy 😭😭 tears
I think about this too esp when my work takes a lot of mental/emotional energy
“Are there any jobs where you sit outside all day? I don’t think that’s a thing”
Lifeguards: 👁👄👁
Truck driving is like a big camping trip but it's very isolated, no social life.
I really get irritated when i see this meme format over and over. i need to stop looking at comments
@@alejandropreciado1814 I feel you man, its always the same uncreative format just to get likes
@@pablomuzzobar8940 truck driving isn't fun like a camping trip, you don't get to move or exercise and you have no time for yourself, only when you sleep
US Forest Service
Work sucks no matter what you do; that’s why they have to pay you to do it. Don’t get attached to luxuries, and find something you can tolerate that pays the bills.
Hahaha I like your mindset
Reminds me of that Jerry Seinfeld interview on Howard Stern where he was saying that every job is torture. The key to success is finding a torture you're comfortable with.
Happiness is having less in life.. fullfillment in life is not measured on education it is one's conviction and principle that matters..
You couldn’t have said it better‼️✌🏾
Amen brother
I was just listening to a preacher who said something very applicable here: "Our culture doesn't teach young people how to identify their gift [i.e. the talent that God gave them to make a difference in the world and to become valuable and irreplaceable]. It teaches them how to get a job. And a job doesn't make you valuable. It keeps you poor."
There's also a book that I haven't read, but which I have seen a summary of called "Bullsh*t Jobs." It basically says if you're not making something for someone else--including all the steps involved in that process, such as shipping and retail sales--or providing a service that they need but can't or don't want do themselves--e.g. plumbing, building, delivery driver, food prep, etc.--then you have a bullsh*t job. Just about every government job is a BS job because the government provides no products and doesn't provide services that others can't provide better. Most of the time, government jobs are related to taking money from one set of people, skimming off most of the money to feed the government beast, then passing what's left on to someone else. Most legal jobs are BS jobs because they're about complying with government regulations (this also applies to a lot of admin jobs at schools and universities, as an example). If the government disappeared tomorrow, those jobs would as well because they do not provide a service or product to customers; they only provide papers to the government (which then takes money from people so it can pay other people to shuffle the papers).
Long story short, his argument is that the reason why so many people are unhappy with their jobs--and this became very obvious during Covid lockdowns--is that they have BS jobs and deep down inside, on some instinctual level, they know it and it makes them feel dissatisfied. Like I said, a lot of people realized during Covid that they were working "non-essential jobs." That means your job is not necessary to keep the country going--at least in the short-term. But I think more than a small number of people realized their job isn't really essential long-term, either. And if your job isn't essential to anyone, then what the hell are you doing with your day? You might as well be in a Puritan prison walking on a treadmill all day--busy, but producing nothing.
This is my last week in my legal job. I'm taking a year sabbatical to take care of family obligations and myself. I am working on growing a side hustle into a business and my plan is not to go back to legal work when the year is up. I have to admit, I've been seeing "help wanted" signs at the grocery store and at local factories and warehouses for a while and I have found myself thinking, "Hmm, that sounds better than my desk job." Some of those factory jobs pay almost what I'm making now and I'm sure they have a lot more room for advancement. I'd rather have more time in my life to pursue what's meaningful to me, but it's nice to know I have options. Non-BS options.
Yes!
my sister's boyfriend left his Wall Street finance job to become a firefighter and he is the happiest he's ever been.
Left my corporate job this year to become a full time photographer and I love it so much. Outside photographing in beautiful places, connecting with people, photographing a lot of dogs (amazing), creating heirloom artwork, total flexibility over my schedule (I love popping in to have coffee with my grandparents during the week, my Mum and I do thrift shopping and lunch once a week). Best decision ever! I don't view the years I did at university as a waste, it was all part of the journey of getting to where I am.
Wow this is so inspirational. You’re really living the dream 💛
How can we earn money from that?
Wow that’s awesome! I wish I could do that
I wanna do this but I think it would be hard to live off of photography
Serious question, how do you make living off that?
I really enjoyed watching this video. It's so great hearing from others that have the same experience. I used to think that I was crazy for feeling the way I did about my work. I worked blue collar jobs all of 20's while I was in college. I did a masters degree and I thought that I would finally feel happy and successful after I got the fancy office job and I hated it. The silence in the office and the strict routines and lack of social relationships made me feel like I was being sucked lifeless, just super soul crushing. I'm back out in the field exploring my options but much happier being outdoors.
As you said, corporate jobs are not for everybody. I am self-employed, cleaning private homes. The families I cleanfor are genuinely happy to see me and that makes me feel appreciated. I tell my friends and family if it were not for my job I would never get my 10,000 steps in a day. I love the sore, glowing, tired feeling of my muscles at the end of every day. And nothing beats working for yourself 😁
Sounds like my kinda job. Perfect combination of everything including 10000 steps per day!
I was an office drone for years. I tried to fix it by going into the non profit sector, at least I was Doing Something. Now I work in dog grooming. It's amazing. I'm happy. I feel good. I spend my day with people I love being around. And I make WAY better money. I don't worry about work. I work less days. Work makes me happy now, and I'm not on a rapid road to sedentary middle age, isolated from everyone for less than I'm worth.
This sounds like me, but I'm still in the first phase moving to the second!
I did a similar thing, from a young fired up stressed translator/teacher to a chill part-time Costco manual labor worker:) Feels so good having control over my time and priorities.
This is the comment that I needed to see! Teacher here and thinking of working at a plant nursery.
I’ve been working as an engineer since university for the past 10 years earning a six figure salary. I realise that the more experience that I have, the more demanding my work becomes and more responsibilities under my belt. So I decided to do a side hustle business and work for myself which I truly enjoy. If it goes well even for lesser money that I earn right now, I will eventually leave my work. Nothing beats working for yourself.
I love this!
Fr I just want low stress entry level work
If I may ask what type of engineer we're you working as?
You can do it!!! My Side hustle is a full time Business now for the last 7 years and I love it :-)
@@angeliair2967 I’m a mechanical design and project engineer.
I’m 25, currently a teaching associate at a college level, and almost done with my masters degree in biology. I too don’t know what I’m going to do once I’m done. People around me seem like they know it all, where they’re going. I don’t know what I want, but I love gardening & baking. I sometimes just want to start a side business and bake goodies or a business on gardening. Or I hope to find success in an industry in where I’m happy and have purpose. Just not sure where I want to go.
It’s hard to feel that conflict of that you love vs what you feel like your supposed to do. I hope that at least you can find a way to prioritize baking and gardening in your life 🧡
I will have taught in higher education for 30 years at the end of the current semester. Trust me, those teachers who look as if they have it all together and praise academia mindlessly are just as flawed as others. The others around you may have plans, but that guarantees nothing. I enjoy being in the classroom, but there are MANY aspects to teaching that I don't enjoy or even agree with. I agree with Embers and Ash that you need to definitely strive to make baking and gardening a priority in your life. No matter what you do with your degrees, make your soul a priority. Never disregard the whispers of your soul, NEVER!
@Alien West I just got into my masters in accounting and plan to eventually sit for the CPA, I currently work in industry and feel loss in life, im 25 and dont really know wherr I'll end up but i keep telling myself that after the cpa, if I truly hate my job, ill walk away but I want to at least reach cpa first
Mix biology with gardening. Seek God's majesty through nature. Seek sacred geometry.
I had a leadership position at a company with good pay. Very stressful and I worked 11-12 hours per day. I gave it all up and started my landscaping company I make more in just 6 hours per day. I now just work to live.
Amazing, would love to know more, what do you do exactly in landscaping?
I have a Master's degree & taught at a university for many years, it slowly became more & more stressful as I was expected to do more for the same pay. I was also bullied by my boss & had no rights apparently.
After 20 years, I decided to quit teaching and now I clean houses! I don't make as much money, but I am my own boss. I love the people I work for and they treat me well & care about me. And I get payed to exercise, it's great! When people give me that funny look why I'm not doing work that uses my education, I tell them I'm an educated house cleaner :-)
Worked at a big bank in a data centre for nearly 20 years and that was fine but then the 'corporate' side started moving in..One of the big things I noticed was much of the 'stress' was manufactured to generate a 'sense of urgency'. I just couldn't take that seriously. Yes there are stressful situations but when pretending things are stressful when they're not to the point of believing it leads to a very toxic work culture.
Lol i just saw an att "documentary about telephone system migration" it happens in 2 minutes... But one of the comments said "I worked in a similar environments and protect got pushed uno, two month later, it happened four times... What is the urgency ?? Just built a manufactured ilusion.,
"We are all dealt a different hand and it takes more steps for people and fewer steps for some to get to where they want." Thank you.
At first, i only intended to take a year off from my teaching job and the school was keeping my job until i was supposed to come back. But after only 3 months of working in food production, i realised that i felt so free, i was clear headed and not stressed after so many years, i had so much free time, that i let the head teacher know that he doesn't have to keep the job for me anymore. I didn't have second thoughts or regrets for a single second. 3 years later and i'm so happy with my choice. I also chose the career path because that was "the way" and because my Mom pushed me into going to Uni and because i was always the "nerd" in my class, all my teachers expected me to pick an "intellectual" career. It turns out that i never really wanted to have a career, even if i was the nerd. I don't want a career now, i don't dream of it, i just want to have a job to pay my bills and live my life.
This is me right now!! I did school, now am in consulting, and am contemplating leaving to pursue firefighting. Thank you for this video!
That’s so cool!! Good luck!
Do it
Good luck! I just quit my well-paid job as well simply because I did not enjoy it at all even though I did it well. Life is too short.
I worked as an emt for 8 years. I've been working as an IT consultant for 3 years now. The money is good, but it's stressful and dehumanizing. I would rather go back to EMT work. More peace of mind
Same.. But, that's only because I love starting them.
Girl I’m just like you! I’m a receptionist and hate it. I never wanted an office job. Currently trying to find something else. I love working my hands.
I was a manager, now I'm getting a warehouse job. Tired of talking to workers lol.
@BlueJackson: Lmao. Love your clarity.
I’ve felt this way since day one because I have adhd, it’s nice to know others are experiencing this too.
Yup I have to have set tasks and be on my feet I felt so scared trying to figure out what path I want to take like um i wanna take them all
I love this! I agree we’ve been lied to with the narrative that we should strive to work for a big corporations and that it will bring us money and happiness. 2 years in and I’ve found it doesn’t
The system always needs more organic fuel.
Same 3 years in! 6 figures and miserable... 😓
My health feels like its tanking from all the stress...
But plan on making a move soon. And taking time off and rethinking my true passions. 💕
@@nancycorrea538 I’m doing the same thing. I’m rooting for you to bet on yourself too!
@@legallydiy-trademarks Thank you!💕💕💕
I have been in the refrigeration field for 35 years. 25 years ago I told my wife that the trades would be the new white collar. My last year in the field was 6 figures. I retired for 6 mo and returned to the work force bat $35 an hour rebuilding ice machines.
I know exactly how you feel. Quit my corporate job for a waitressing job I love it. although humans could be a little mean but it’s so much better than sitting in an office! I love humans I don’t need to request vacation days! I make more money than my corporate job anyways!
I hated waitressing almost as much as I hated the office 😭
@@shomshomni2314 everyone is different remember we can’t have it all lol
I was a social worker for 6 years, and I felt the same. The stress was always weighing down on me
Some unforeseen events led me to take a job in labor and leave my long term position. It was the most carefree 2 years of my adult life. Then I had a spine injury :( I now cannot do labor and I am back in social work and back to stressing. I want to get back into my artwork and somehow make that career. But I dont know if it is good enough to make a living off. Pray for me y'all
You can sell your art online. Millions of people would get to see your art and purchase it.
Or maybe art therapy?
Try to figure out some business skills. Many artists don’t seem to make it because they get too romanticized with art in general. Perhaps looks into a book called The Spark and The Grind. Very interesting author
You could be an art teacher
Your health will be fine. Stay on top of therapy and your dr recommendation. To answer your question: I worked in business for few years ranging from accounting to administrative roles at top companies. Suddenly I realized I wasn't happy and that I was really interested in music. Two years later, I'm a recording studio manager, and I have a producer at an independent label. Follow your dreams the results so amazing that it will be scary how far you go!
I thought I was alone! I graduated in marketing and have been miserable during my internships, so I was really scared to continue on this path because I couldn't stand the thought of it being like that for the rest of my life! So now I am actually studying to get a job in a museum and work with beautiful objects everyday! Most people around me think I lack ambition and I have a bigger potential, but I feel it is the other way around... Just like you, I know what will make me happy and I am working towards it instead of just accepting to be unhappy!
You'll probably live a lot longer because of your decision. You'll definitely have a better quality of life because of your decision. It takes courage to do what you did. Congrats!
I have had every job from the military to high government positions. Hated every second of it. They worked me to death. I now work retail part time and I am stress free lol. I think sometimes we put entirely too much emphasis on work.
What branch of service and how many years?
I feel like you needed that corporate job in order to arrive at the point in your life where you know where you are happier. Otherwise if it had happened the other way around you have always wanted to get into a corporate job but unable to because of a lack of the right degree etc.
Damn this hits hard. Just started a corporate job I don't enjoy at all but since it's only for 6 months I'll try to stick it out. But this point of view is really enlightining. Thank u.
I'm a chemical engineer. I was constantly between jobs. 2 years here contract ended, 1 year there - I left, 2 years there, 1.5 year there. I learned a lot. I had really toxic people around me, job gave me a lot of stress. I found out that people who like to work in a team are +50 yo, most often than not are there to manipulate or to hurt young people.
Now I opened my own company and found a supporting network. I work more than I used to, but I know I work for myself. At the same time I go out and stop working whenever I want. If I was working late last day, I won't push myself today.
I am a hard worker just not on demand.
Agree. Many times older folks at work pretend to be your friend but aren't. Manipulation
I'm a chemical engineer and I don't like my job also. What business did you open?
Feel exactly the same, long hours and a stressful work environment will erode the soul over time.
Listen to your soul.
After getting out of the military, I worked whatever job I could. Most of the jobs I took were call center jobs. And it killed my soul. I hated the customers, the pay was terrible, sitting in a cubicle made me wanna shoot kittens, and I fucking love cats. So I decided after leaving my last call center job to switch to manual labor jobs. Currently I am a Materials Tester for construction, and it's a pretty sweet gig. The pay is middling but the job itself is pretty cool. You learn about how construction works. I'm glad you're happier.
“If you are just sitting there in a cubicle watching this on your lunch break and you are feeling like you don’t want to be there” - personally attacked 😳😂
Technology is slowly crushing everyone's souls. I loved my career in the beginning but the work has changed and it's morphed from mechanical work into coding, IT work and a phony statistics focused office environment which I no longer enjoy. Every Sunday is just dreadful thinking about Monday. There's no room or tolerance for mistakes, creativity and you can never be wrong. IT work and scripting automated tasks is mind crushingly boring and that is the direction everything is heading in. (Automation, AI) Been thinking for a couple years now about what else I could do to escape and feel productive and fulfilled again.
I really appreciate that you made this video. You don't hear enough of these type of stories or see them portrayed in movies or talked about on TV. It's encouraging in many ways. Thanks for sharing.
i’m so happy you’re being honest about this experience because not enough people talk about it.. especially women. i’ve tried it all and finally becoming a trucker with my husband is looking to be the answer to our dreams and wishes. we are about to get our licenses. i can’t wait to begin. god bless all of you who are struggling right now with the soullessness of corporate jobs- you will find your way- just know it’s possible and never give up. you deserve a peaceful and fulfilling life even if others don’t understand
I’m so happy for you!!!!
The only stress in my life is not having enough money its not even about following my passions.
It's definitely a privilege to be able to change your job whenever you want. Some people have limited choices when it comes to their work.
That is the trade off. If you don't have a stressful job many times the stress will come when you can't pay your bills. People who had money before they left these careers had accumulated wealth I would assume.
I'm happy for all the people who "quit their high level job to pursue happiness" but I also feel salty about it because they will always have the resume and financial advantage of starting at the top.
@@gabbym333, it can be another struggle but having overwhelming stress and pressures is insane. Dilemma eh
@@chulo6561, yes it's the trade off. Without accumulated wealth is fine, just have a little back up while steering to a different direction. Strategic plan and hope it works.
It is such a coincidence that this video popped up in my video feed! I work for the culture sector of a Municipality in British Columbia and my job was to permit filming companies and organize city events. With Covid, our department was pretty much dismantled and although many were laid off, I was redeployed to the city's Parks department. I will say that at first I was nervous and a little disappointed since it felt like a demotion. However I am so grateful that life gave me this unexpected opportunity! I spent one year cutting blackberry, pulling ivy, planting, spending entire days blowing leaves of beautiful trails, picking up garbage by the beaches and I absolutely loved it.
It was a little tough getting used to the cold and all the rain, it is a mental game sometimes, but even that seems like such an accomplishment. I had never done anything like this and as an "office girl" it felt very empowering to roll up my sleeves and do work that I never in a million years thought I would do. Everything that you describe regarding comradery, connection with your team, doing physical work that feels good, being outside in beautiful forests, is exactly what I experienced. Last month they moved me back into working three days in the office and two days in parks and I am sincerely missing being outside.
Never in a million years did I think that I would have thoughts that working in this field would perhaps bring my life more fulfilment. I have always loved being outside, active, connecting with people, nature and it does make me question why growing up I never saw this kin of job as an option.
Love the video!
Very serendipitous.
I really like this comment, you articulate it all so well. Covid has brought lots of unhappiness but it's had some surprising positive effects too !
Congratulations on the move towards a happier future. This is such a great video and it’s so nice to see someone thinking outside the box, and following what makes them happy.
Thanks for the support!!
I hope this video blows up. This resonated so much with me. You're very brave and inspiring 💙
honestly, whatever makes YOU happy is the best. Life is too short to care about anything else.
Your honesty with yourself is giving you a better quality life. Good for you
Having a simple physically active job that has set hours also allow you to proper sync your Circadian rhythm which ultimately improves almost every aspect of your life.
Strangely a lot of people are stressed out working low paying jobs. Sometimes working two to three jobs just to get by. Work becomes all they know and do because they have to. Unfortunately they can't get ahead in anyone job because they can't afford to pay for an education.
This video popped up in my recommendations and i'm crying my eyes out because you were able to word the thing that had been stuck in my head for ages. I just couldn't phrase what was wrong with how i feel about my corporate job. I am so thankful I found this video, it definitely did something for me. Something has to change, i just need to find the courage to do it. Thank you!!
Making this transition as we speak. Thanks for concisely articulating what many people feel but can't exactly put into words.
A few years back I got my certification to be a yoga instructor and never did anything with it. I’ve been in corporate Sales for 17 years (I started at 19 in college). After I took a lay off during Covid I needed to find an additional income. So I started to teach yoga classes virtually. I love it so much that I didn’t go back after I was called back and found a way less stressful weekly job at a different company to help substitute my income as well as teaching classes. Just get a plan and do it! It’s so worth it. I also am making way more money and can enjoy my work.
Most of the time, it's not the job itself. It's the boss and office politics.
I don't miss the office politics at all
It's quite a simple decision really. It's do you want high wages in a corporate job that could earn you 100k a year but you'll have a boring life in the week. Or do you choose a lower paid job like bricklayer, nurse, military, retail etc and are up and about all day meeting new people that aren't as toxic in the corporate world.
You can still make a 100k a year as a bricklayer
@@paulherring587 yes but that's an extreme case maybe if you own you're own bricklaying company
Not sure about other countries, but nurses and tradies in Australia can earn 6 figures or more than some office jobs
@@save.withjess yeah people just keep saying that these jobs sucks low paying bla bla bla but iv seen people earning 50k-100k per year just doing these jobs
What an amazing story! I have a corporate job. It's a good opportunity but not a great one. I totally understand that the cubicle life is not for everyone.
I want to start my own business and that's what I look towards.
It is definitely time for a change and pursuing your strengths, not just getting by.
Thank you for your video. I've been suffering from high stress for a long time until then I just realized that I should start to care about myself.
Wow that’s is amazing to hear. I’m so glad that you’re taking time to self reflect!
You are awesome, just listen to your inner voice!
I don’t fit into the average career box either. I was fired from my first salaried job in my field of study after 8 months. It was high pressured and overall a toxic workplace, and I wasn’t good at the job.
People also force themselves into careers out of ego (having an interesting, or prestigious job).
Now I am working towards building my dream job as an entrepreneur, using the sewing skills I have practiced over the last 20+ years.
so appreciated that you make this point so clearly, I cant deny how deeply this resonates, we’ll see if I act on it
I have been outside sales since 2000. I am 53 and I have decided to make a career change into something less stressful. I know it will pay less, but wife and i are debt free. And I am tired of sales quotas, metrics and always on edge. The corporate life is for your recent college grads and those ages 28-50. 25+ years of outside sales wears on you.