Fake It ‘Til You Make It.
This is what friends, co-workers and family have been saying to me the past few months whenever I voice distress or frustration with my current work situation. And as much as I wish I could just suck it up, slap on a smile and “grin and bear it,” a part of me doesn’t want to settle. Because that’s what it feels like, settling. I know that I’m young and I have plenty of years ahead of me to navigate the path of my career but why does that mean I have to stay in a job that I am passionless about?
And then I can’t help but feel guilty when I listen to friends who still can’t find jobs or who will be graduating from grad school soon with less than desirable job prospects. I have a full time job with excellent benefits - isn’t that a college grad’s wet dream? Then why am I left tossing and turning, still unsatisfied in my sheets?
