Tick . . . Tock . . . Tick . . . Tock . . .

Today was back to work after 5 glorious days off. I think I'm coming to realize that I don't hate my job per se.

What I hate is the feeling that I'm wasting my life behind a computer screen. Like I'm living my entire existence through this plastic box I'm chained too 8 hours a day!

In this day and age 7 years is a long time to stay at a job. I've heard it said that a career used to be like Christianity. If you were faithful to a single boss/career, you were rewarded with glorious retirement (the afterlife). Nowadays it seems to follow a Reincarnation model, you go from job to job, taking the best of the last job with you to the next one.

I work in the computer field, at a help desk for a large advertising firm. I stumbled into this position, having no interest or history with computers prior to working for this company.

It's been a glorious 7 years, I've met alot of people (turnaround for this place is ENORMOUS) and learned alot about computers.

Again to reiterate, this job is NOT my passion nor what I want for the rest of my working life.

There is hope however! Last year I got my realtors license, and was on my way to a career in said field. Unfortunately I got hooked up with a manager who didn't know how to train me, so I made some mistakes that both hurt others and pissed me off!! I walked away last November.

My license is still out there, so I'm about to embark on this adventure again, hopefully with a better company where I WILL get the training I need.

I'm just praying it means I'll get out from spending all my time behind a computer monitor.

Only time will tell!