Jobs
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2017-05-28 07:25 by Sarah Denninger
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Jobs
 

Jobs are a way to dictate who you are. They are a way to control a human being. So many of us are doing jobs that we don’t want to do to make money that we need to buy the things that help us survive. Food. Shelter. Medicine. Liquids. Essentials for us to live in a comfortable matter. Yet we also get a value tag stamped on us when we work. The more you do and the better you are at the job then you expect a pay raise or some form of compensation for all your hard work. Sometimes that’s a long and paid for vacation which is wonderful because you don’t have to worry about money being low when you return home. You get paid to pretty much go anywhere and do almost nothing. Maybe it’s a promotion you’ve been striving for to make more money and life a little easier. Then you can finally pay off those Credit Cards or that car that you love so much. Maybe it’s treating yourself to something you’ve been thinking about buying but you just haven’t had the chance to get funds for it. Whatever it is, you want to be able to get something in return for all you do. You expect that pay raise, that promotion, that vacation and we all just wait around for it to come to us. 

Sometimes it doesn’t work out that way though. I know so many people who are amazing workers and in the end they get laid off, fired, or left in the position that they are in. No pay raise, no promotion, no way to say "hey you did an amazing job and I appreciate you". Just nothing and, we take that to heart. We think about what we may have done that would have caused us to not get that appreciation. Sometimes we get so caught up that we lose heart to continue the job and go looking for one that will make us feel good. Make us happy. Give us words of appreciation for what we do for the company that you’re hired under. We trudge onward hoping for something, just the tiniest of things to come our way. 

Some of us get luckier than others and just climb the ladder faster than ever. Usually it’s the people you don’t like at work that get this happiness and appreciation. They get your spot. They get your paycheck. They get that vacation you’ve been dreaming about for months. Your stuck with having to look up to the one person you don’t want to. The person who made you raise eyebrows. The person who looked down on you and made you feel like you were smaller then you are. The one who talked about you behind your back and made others look at you differently. 

There is always one in every job place. I call them the evil bitch whenever I do run into one at a job. Usually I can spot them right away and I do my best to avoid conflict. Unfortunately that doesn’t always happen and somewhere down the line something happens that makes you blow up and cause a scene. Other times it may be them thinking something is going on and they tell someone higher up about it and you get in trouble when you didn’t even do anything. All of it becomes a circus and one that you didn't want to even star in. 

Yet there you are, in the center and trying to fight your way through it all. Jobs are important, yes but not for the sake of selling your soul, happiness and self-worth. If you feel like you are in the wrong spot and you aren’t getting what you deserve then maybe it’s time to move onwards. Maybe you aren't in the right place. Maybe you needed that little push to realize where you were and what was happening in your workplace. 

Happiness is key to a good life. Don't let that happiness be sapped out of you. Take hold of it and go for it. 

 

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