Comments on: Twenty Something Struggle: Why Can’t I Be Happy?

By: calin

calin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:30:22 +0000

true

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:33:44 +0000

I was just thinking the same thing the other day. I graduated with a degree in fashion design. My dream was to get a job as a designer for a maternity design company. I didn’t want to stop until I found that job. Although I had experience with internships in maternity design, I could not find a job to save my life. I worked a dumb dumb jobs as an office assistant, while spending every hour of my work week searching for something in my field. I didn’t think life could get any worse. Sunday nights were just terrible knowing I had to go back to that office for another 40 hours. Finally, through a school collleague, I was offered an internship (Paid). So, I packed up my entire life and moved across the country. Now, here I am a year later and wondering if I made a huge mistake. My job is not what I thought it would be. My coworkers aren’t how I thought they would be. And I feel like I have given up on my dreams. I always fantasize about walking into my boss’s office to put in my 2 weeks. Is the grass always greener on the other side?

By: Monica

Monica — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:57:11 +0000

You have to find a job you truly enjoy and have a knack for. I, myself, got my bachelor’s degree in education. By the time I did my student teaching and graduated, I found that I hated it. I was panic-stricken! I didn’t know what I was going to do, and I sure as hell knew I wasn’t going to waste my newly achieved degree. So, this is what I did…I got my master’s degree in Library and Information Science because I found out that it required a four-year degree, which I had. It took me one year to get my M.L.I.S. at Kent State University in Ohio. I couldn’t be happier. I am, now, a librarian. I specialize in young adult services so I still work with school-aged children, but I don’t have the stresses of teaching. I truly love librarianship and have a knack for it. My goal is to, one day, be a director of a public library. Do something you love. This may mean changing your career from teaching to something else, like I did. Best of luck and be happy!!! :)

By: Chris (a guy)

Chris (a guy) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:24:03 +0000

Your quest for happiness is not unusual, nor is it limited to twentysomethings
or Gen Yrs. Believe it or not, happiness is realized not in what is received, but
in what is given. In other words, don’t look to get happiness from your job, but
rather look at your job as a vehicle for doing what you like. The satisfaction of liking
what you do will bring happiness.

Teaching is probably one of the hardest and least appreciated jobs in the world. However, the amount
significance a teacher can have in a child’s life is so great, that teachers continue to
teach because knowing they are having an impact in a child’s life is rewarding in itself.

I think you will be happy when you quit thinking you will receive happiness from work and reaalize
your happiness will come from what you give at work.

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By: Tanja

Tanja — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:03:30 +0000

I don’t know what to say besides no matter what it takes, find a job that makes you happy and stick with it. Don’t stick with a job and see if it will make you happy. You have to experiment with careers and not settle,just like with men, haha. I get the hint you want a job that deals with strictly photography?

I agree, first year is the hardest;obviously it’s because you’re still learning the ins and outs of your school and getting to know your students,coworkers and principal. BUT, no matter HOW bad of a day I have, I can’t imagine having another job, or quitting. That’s how I know teaching is for me, and I think everyone should have a job like that. Those days I am not in the classroom, I miss my students;even the little weasels that cause me headaches sometimes.

That’s just my two cents. I hope it helps!