I want to work in a place where I wake up smiling because it is FINALLY Monday! I've been thinking about this a lot because for the first time I've actually gotten a job. I wasn't the typical teenager who started working in grade 9 at some local retail place, no I was that teenager who eagerly applied every summer only to face rejection from potential employers one after another. Until Now. You'd think I'd be over the moon, finally after 7 years of constantly applying I'd finally gotten a job! I was finally good enough and not just for any job but for an 'office' job at some 'big' corporation for Co-Op! Well let me tell you, I was over the moon, from all the places that I had applied this was the only one I'd actually wanted, but now after being there for just over 6 months...the honeymoon was over. It's been long over. I hate having to get up EVERY day, never being able to skip just cuz. I hate sitting in a cubicle staring at a screen for so long my eyes hurt. I hate seeing my social life diminishing. But mostly I just plain hate work.
It's not so much WHAT I do but more WHY I do it. I don't believe in the purpose of my company, which is like most corporations to make a profit.
Because of my education choices, It won't be easy to find a job where I feel as if I'm making a difference. I'm not a nurse or a social worker so I feel as though I have to work harder to find a company that I believe in. I want to share their values and see their vision become a reality. I want to help them change the world for the better.
So really, even if I'm doing mundane tasks that I hate, if I'm doing it for the right reasons I think I'll wake up every day with a smile on. I like seeing the big picture, I just hate it when I don't believe in it.
** I was going to post the my cubicle parody, but found this and though it was soo much cooler!
Hmm maybe you can make a difference in a different way? I know for me, sometimes I have a set goal in mind, but things don't usually work out that way and much much later, I realize that I got something totally different out of it!
ReplyDeleteDunno if this makes sense, but maybe look for different ways to make a difference not the direct sense of giving back like nursing or social work or even teaching gives you :P