Hate your Job? Love your work, Fire your Boss
Yes. You can have a job doing the work you love.
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.
You Can enjoy loving your work and loving your job
If so have you ever thought about going out on your own?
Is this you?
Monday morning your alarm screams in your ear. Your relaxing weekend's wonderful dream abruptly vanished.
Back to the job. Getting started with your morning routine, you pour your coffee and sit down to check your daily calendar, to see what you’ll need to prepare for your day ahead. Out of nowhere, something outside jolts across the window distracting your attention.
It’s early morning, the sun just rising up out of morning haze, slowly revealing a beautiful ring of colors, exposing that comforting blue sky.
The distraction was an early rising crow. Jetting off, getting a jump on its day, looking for that late nightcrawler. As I watched that crow I began to notice many of the other creatures coming to life.
It started me thinking. How free they are. Waking up at their own schedule. Making their own plans for their day. Choosing what their priories are.
I wish that could be me. Why can’t that be me? That could be me!
A moment for reflection
What am I doing? Look at my life, it’s nothing that I hoped to be. Why am I doing this to myself?
Think about how much of your life is devoted to your job, occupation, and career. Statistics find over 60% of people list their job as a major cause of stress in their lives.
For some people, it could be all-consuming. Taking its toll on their physical and mental health.
Top Causes of Stress in the U.S.
Cause Factors
Statistic Verification
Most Common Sources of Stress
Source: American Psychological Association, American Institute of Stress
Percentage.=Source
- 63% =Future of our nation
2. 62%= Money
3. 61% =Work
4. 57%= Political climate
5. 51% =Violence/crimeSource: American Psychological Association
Research Date: 2017
Statistic Verification
Source: American Psychological Association, American Institute of Stress
Research Date: 7.8.2014
Top Causes of Stress in the U.S.
2014 Stress Statistics
Cause Factors
1. Job Pressure: Co-Worker Tension, Bosses, Work Overload.
2. Money: Loss of Job, Reduced Retirement, Medical Expenses.
3. Health: Health Crisis, Terminal or Chronic Illness.
4. Relationships: Divorce, Death of Spouse, Arguments with Friends, Loneliness.
5. Poor Nutrition: Inadequate Nutrition, Caffeine, Processed Foods, Refined Sugars.
6. Media: Television, Radio, Internet, E-Mail, Social Networking.
7. Sleep Deprivation: Inability to release adrenaline and other stress hormones.
U.S Stress Statistics
Data
77 % =Percent of people who regularly experience physical symptoms caused by stress.
73 % =Regularly experience psychological symptoms caused by stress.
33 %= Feel they are living with extreme stress.
48 %= Feel their stress has increased over the past five years.
76 % =Cited money and work as the leading cause of their stress.
48 %= Reported lying awake at night due to stress.
Stress Impact Statistics
48 %= Percent who say stress has a negative impact on their personal and professional life.
31 %= Of employed adults say they have difficulty managing work and family responsibilities.
35 %= Percent cited jobs interfering with their family or personal time as a significant source of stress.
54 %= Percent who said stress has caused them to fight with people close to them.
26 %= Reported being alienated from a friend or family member because of stress.
30 %= Percent who say they are “always” or “often” under stress at work.
People who cited physical symptoms experienced the following
51 % =Fatigue
44 % =Headache
34 % =Upset stomach
30 % =Muscle tension
23 % =Change in appetite
17 % =Teeth grinding
15 % =Change in sex drive
13 % =Feeling dizzy
People who cited psychological symptoms experienced the following
50 %= Irritability or anger
45 %=Feeling nervous
45 % =Lack of energy
45 %= Feeling as though you could cry
Annual costs to employers in stress-related health care and missed work.
$300 Billion
I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.
There are far too many people living their lives in this place.
Turn your job into the work you love
If You’re one of the many who feel like this.
There’s another way. Today more than ever you have options. If you love the type of work you do, there are options. Doing the work you love and not having a job to go to.
10 Best Reasons Working Remotely From Home Is So Personally Gratifying
It’s time to think about your work-life balance. Start thinking outsides the regular way of doing the work you love and still earn a living.
With all the resources available there are so many different ways to offer your services on your own terms.
After all, you’re the person who performs the work. You’re the one with the knowledge, skills, and experience to perform the work. Are you not?
If you are a responsible adult who knows how to perform your work at a professional level. Do you really need a boss?
Go out and declare your independence and enjoy your life.
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Thanks for reading.
To a wonderful life.
