im stuck in a rut and rather miserable!

so ive quit my job-i leave in october-going to recharge my batteries back in the uk(homesick) then seriously thinking of applying doctors without borders-

realaised the love of my life isnt exactly compatible with me.....love,women...far far from easy-sometimes u just have to let go....



the unbearable lightness of being has been slightly lessened

anybody else wanna get out of their rut?lets start a support group lol

(not to mention cos i now live in newzealand im missing a certain few concerts.....)

I dropped my friggin digital camera in the pool trying to take pics of the poochies swimming ....and my theory on lost, damaged, or stolen stuff: replace it with bigger or better. That's my rut. Upgrade the camera....I don't do well with ruts.

youwere taking snaps of dogs swimming?

why not just give them toffee-thats dead funny!

Sorry things haven't worked out as you planned, jony. Stay hopeful.

Stuck in a rut? No. In a rut? YES!!! :

-Andy Warhol

As always, Andy knew best.

I was but I'm in the process of making changes I can't stand being in a rut.

I hate my job, I'm tired and achy all the time I wanna quit but don't know where else to go, getting to lold to start over!

my job is giving me good experience in my field, but the hours are shitty because I'm on-call and try to make myself available as much as possible. I'm continuing to apply for other similar jobs, but with better hours

Yes.

I feel like a shadow of my former self at the moment - even my mates have noticed. That's not to moan or anything, just I feel like I've reached the end of a very long road. And didn't quite anticipate where I was heading. The journey was a lot of fun; the destination not so much. You just gotta keep yourself together and keep ploughing on. It's all you can do, sometimes. Hopefully, this will be a period of our lives where we all look back and realise what we learned from it, personally.

to all of you.

I have days when I feel like I've reached a dead end, and others when I'm hopeful about the future. Hugs for all of you too

i'm currently tying up loose ends of a long long rut and getting ready to dive into a big pool of deliciously terrifying uncertainty. moving to another state, quitting my job, moving in with other people after living alone for six years...it sends chills down my spine to consider it, but i can't wait!

jonylawson said:

My camera still works! YEAH!!!

Doctors without borders sounds interesting. A good way to travel and meet new people. Definitely a change.

Jonylawson - I hope it all goes well for you.

I'm kinda in the middle of my changing life thing. I quit a job of 8 years to go to College, and start at Glasgow Uni in September.

I also split up from my girlfriend of 8 years in January there, for many reasons, none of which were her fault and all mine. Realised some major stuff about myself very quickly once I started College.

Right now, I'm determined to find out everything about myself, because I've spent most of my life trying to live up to what everyone expects rather than what I actually want to do. I've hidden behind "I can't do it" to save me the pain of failure or hard work when attempting something, and it's this character flaw I'm working on most.

As I said originally, I wish you every success in changing your life and getting out of the "rut" you feel you are in.

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I'm in a rut that I'm slowly trying to get out of. I've been making progress but today was a particularly bad day.



On the upside, even though this day's been bad, my reaction to it has shown me how much progress I've made.

It's just such a slow process.

There's definitely something in the air lately.

Even the recent smoking ban in the UK got me down. Nothing's the same anymore.

Anxiety said:

WOW!!!! Anx- Good Luck and Congrat



My major life changes really started this time last year- sort of doing them in stages. The biggest one is coming up late September. I am getting my resignation letter sorted tonight. They wanted 3 months notice...2 should be plenty. They have known for months actually so they will not be surprised.
Currently I am feeling all of the following

I hope to be working in a hospital or shelter by the end of the year, but there's so much competition