New job is really grinding me down

Kim19

Another vote for Calendargirl. I wouldn't leave without another job to have a stab at particularly as I hear there are many jobs on the market at the moment.

I doubt if the OP is reading. Look at the date

Goodness! I've been watching out for this as there have been so many lately. Today I forgot! Thanks MS.

There was so much more stress involved in running a business rather than working for someone else

This is true. You are entirely responsible for getting in work and earning an income. However there are so many compensations. Looking back Im sorry for all the years when I wasted my abilities working for someone else and taking instructions from dumb bosses.

I never felt the sense of achievement working for an employer that I do in running my own show.

I take three months a year off - usually April, August and late December/early January.

What employer would allow you 3 months holiday?

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i felt just like you ..my job was slowly but surely grinding me down , and there was changes to come ..one day my boss asked me to go into his office , told me i had 2 options ..1/ Longer hours working from 8am till 7pm every night or 2/ shorter part time hours , less days but still working from 8am till 7 pm !! i was furious , i never slept all night , worrying ..i had been there 24 years ..and my mental state was in a bad depressive area ..well i went in the following morning and handed my notice in ..just like that ..and the weight on my shoulders lifted ..i was free !! and its the best move i ever made at 59 years of age ...i have no mortgage or debts to pay , my children have all left home ,and i took out all of my works pension lump sum ..i get a monthly payment ..right i am on far less money ..but i am at peace now , no stress , no worry ,and people have said how much better and healthier i am looking ..life is too short to stress every day about a damn job .

sorry im a bit late on this one but i have had a similar experience.Could you go part time in your job and start a business or get another job? I wouldn't pack your job in before you have another one lined up,i did it, big mistake, i did it because i thought packing the job in would make me clearer,it created a new set of problems.I remember physical workers saying that when they hit late 50's work became harder,some do work into a grand old age ,but most don't.
Im nearly 67 and eat well ,exercise etc but i get soooo tired after manual work. I'm a big fan nowadays of kindness towards myself,took me 60 odd years to get to that one!
good luck with your decision