Man am I bummed.

[SagaLore]

It's not that I don't like my job - on most days, I really do enjoy it. But I'm getting so bored with the entry level tasks (all of us do both level 1 and level 2 support). I just don't want to be here anymore.

It's not that I don't like going to school - on most nights, I really enjoy my classes and this semester in particular I lucked out with some great teachers. But I'm tired of homework and projects and cutting out news for some big end-of-semester journal. 6 years of college just seems like too much.

I like my home. It is a nice 2br trailer, easy to take care of, my wife and I have it looking nice inside and out. The village we're in is kept up and decent. It is nice having less utility expenses and less to mow and low lot rent, almost no property taxes. But I wish we could finally afford the new house we're saving up for. Something with land, something we can raise a family in.

I like this area that we live in. It is one of the safest places to live in the U.S., and everything we need is right here. My family is close by, my wife's family is only 1 1/2 hour drive away. The cost of living is relatively low. But I can't advance my career here - there just aren't any bigger IT jobs, no IT Security jobs at all. So I know we have to move when I reach that point.

But I can't get hired somewhere else until I finish my bachelor's degree. I can't buy that new house until we've decided where to live. And I can't quit now, just a few more years...

I'm not unhappy, quite the opposite, I'm very happy with my life right now. But it certainly feels like it is going nowhere fast. I just feel bummed. Time for another cup of coffee.

 

[meltdown75]

just keep slogging along man, everything will be great.

:sun:

 

[DaTT]

Cheer up :beer:

 

[shimsham]

sounds like you need some fun.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: DaTT
Cheer up :beer:

It is not so much my attitude that is down, but rather my motivation/aggression. Nothing is challenging right now and it is driving me crazy.

 

[DaTT]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: DaTT
Cheer up :beer:

It is not so much my attitude that is down, but rather my motivation/aggression. Nothing is challenging right now and it is driving me crazy.

You want something challenging? Try to perfect "the perfect circle"

 

[Patt]

I'm in a similar situation, though I moved to the town I'm in now. Within a year I had secured probably the best job available to me in town, but it has already become stagnant in two years. I'm going to be doing the same things for the next 15 if I don't make a change, which I'm in the process of looking for.

You'll get that house, and the family, but don't discount where you live now ... if you love it, you can make anything work. Good luck.

 

[Skunkwourk]

Originally posted by: DaTT
Cheer up :beer:

I think you need an Orange Mocha Frappucino.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Good things are worth waiting for

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: DaTT

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: DaTT
Cheer up :beer:

It is not so much my attitude that is down, but rather my motivation/aggression. Nothing is challenging right now and it is driving me crazy.

You want something challenging? Try to perfect "the perfect circle"

8

Done. Next...

 

[DaTT]

You must not comprehend "the perfect circle"

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: DaTT
You must not comprehend "the perfect circle"

Sure, that is why I posted the infinity symbol. That fits both science and philosophy...

 

[DaTT]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: DaTT
You must not comprehend "the perfect circle"

Sure, that is why I posted the infinity symbol. That fits both science and philosophy...

Oh, my friend, it has nothing to do with science.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
Good things are worth waiting for

The song "In the End" by Linkin Park comes to mind.

 

[ahurtt]

Take up drinking and / or smoking and then quit. Then you can feel like you accomplished something

Or have a kid, that'll keep you busy.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: DaTT
Cheer up :beer:

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: ahurtt
Take up drinking and / or smoking and then quit. Then you can feel like you accomplished something

Or have a kid, that'll keep you busy.

Booze makes me sleepy and smoking is a habit I never want to get stuck with.

I think maybe I should join martial arts, I just wish I didn't have this bad ankle.

 

[amdskip]

Didn't you sell your house and move into the trailer to save money. I remember that debate.

I'm in my 5th year of school now, hopefully finished this coming spring. It does seem to take forever and then I have to work on finding a real job in the real world.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: amdskip
Didn't you sell your house and move into the trailer to save money. I remember that debate.

I'm in my 5th year of school now, hopefully finished this coming spring. It does seem to take forever and then I have to work on finding a real job in the real world.

Yep, and it has worked out very well. In less than a year we paid off what credit card debt we had, a personal loan, and a few things we had financed.

Would have worked out even better if we had the same cash flow we did 2 years ago though. My wife is working somewhere else now for less hours and less pay, and my overtime was taken away and my salary didn't compensate for that. So even though we're saving up for our next house as planned, we're just not saving up as much as fast.