Checking in Daily to maintain focus #13

@Conor689908. Phew!! So, so pleased to hear from you today, and to hear that you are still sober!!! Well done for fighting through!!

Also, thanks for sharing. I’m sorry you’ve got so much going on. That can’t be easy. While your immediate future will be very trying, I know you have the strength and self-awareness to get through it sober. After that? That’s your chapter to write!! :+1::kissing_heart:

Do you need to let your Dr. know? I would.
Take care!!! :pray::kissing_heart:

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only day one but… no such thing as only where sobriety is concerned and every day is our day one so well done on being sober today, proud of you.

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your doing great mate :star2::metal:

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I have not, as of yet. I plan to eventually. I just need to find one that fits my crazy schedule is all. I have a list of local meetings, so as my county starts opening things up I will start feeling them out.

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Thanks for you message of support - it is appreciated

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Thanks Fargesia … wise words

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Just checking…for the time crunched there are tons of online options as well.

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Nice work Joseph!!!
You are crushing it…keep it going!!!

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Sending you lots of love my friend here anytime you need to talk xx

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Thanks Mno one day at a time :pray:t2:

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Gefeliciteerd met je 6 maanden!! :partying_face::green_heart::pray:

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This is important stuff. What came to mind for me is that this is less of a “yes/no” binary choice to me than it first appeared. I think both themes you’re bringing up (“I don’t like my job”, and “I’m thankful to have a good job”) are important to respect, and for now it makes sense (to me) to hold both in tension, and defer the resolution if the decision isn’t clear right now.

At the moment you typed this, you are looking years ahead as well as at the present. Right now, you can’t afford a pay cut to do something else. Right now, the economic climate makes it harder to find another more suitable job. Right now, you’re not sure what to do. Right now, your current job works for you even if it’s not enjoyable. Right now, you have time to brainstorm about how work could be better, imagine what else life could look like. Right now, you can be prospecting for what you want, even just a few minutes a day for example. You can give yourself permission to dream.

Improving where you’re at can also be a viable strategy, if what’s disappointing you is changeable in some way, though it is its own investment and not guaranteed. If you’re interested, this blog post is about working small changes and innovations into your job on a continuous basis to transform it over time, and how to make it happen in the corporate environment and not just in concept. He calls its “microvation”, another related idea is kaizen, “change for good”, both involve consistent incremental change to accomplish even radical change in the long run. I know @Yoda-Stevie groks the kaizen, but now that I’ve thought of him, I’m interested in what he has to say in general! He always has such good advice on life and work.

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checking in at day 35.
Although, not feeling very celebratory. The news here in the states is heartbreaking but also, I know all the brave men and women protesting are fighting the good fight.

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I would say it is a “me problem”, because it always is.

Could this desire for change be an echo of your recent change in relationship status?

You do the work you are paid to do, and do it well enough that they continue to pay you to do it. Therefore, you are perfectly qualified to do it, and this includes intellectually. Doesn’t matter if the guy sitting next to you as a PhD. in astrophysics, unless I missed the thread where you took a job at NASA.

But we do want to derrive satisfaction from our work. I’ve had jobs I’ve hated that paid well, and jobs I’ve loved that paid less. It sounds to me like you are ready for a change. Nothing wrong with that. Managing change is a huge part of life. Do it well, and you prosper. Do it poorly and you flounder.

I would advise you to give this some time. Think of things for which you have a passion. Find out if you can earn a living doing these things. One option is to keep doing what you are doing now, and maybe do some volunteer work. Take some classes to broaden your horizons. I think you will get much satisfaction from taking small, incremental, deliberate actions, even if the end-state is undefined.

But you are young and smart. I have no doubt you will figure it out.

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You go up bro… get those gym feelings and i friggin know you can achieve anything you want !
Give yourself what your giving others here Fromout yourself!

Just wanted to s.o.

You rock and go go gadget good days

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13 days of beautiful sobriety.

Day by day to achieve a year :wink:

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I thought this was a US term. Good to see it being used universally.

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I’m getting a bit excited about your sober days :+1:

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where are they?

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