i got an out, i was laid off!!!!

i do feel your pain tho, most jobs suck

You need to take things in context of priority.

You need the money to survive?

Can you possibly see that if you apply for other jobs while staying in this one will get you over the bridge?

the thing is that i am self employed. i am a financial advisor, and my work stuff is at an office that i share with some others. so i am really stuck, but i am my own boss...so this is really frusterating
and...i have another job in which i could make tons of money very soon and have much more fun (fitness professional)

so i am in an unusual predicament...just unable to leave the house right now and i freaken really should

My pdoc told me when I got like that...look at your feet. put one in front...now put the other in front. DO NOT plan ahead...just one foot at a time.

I don't have any real wisdom to offer here, but for what it's worth, I know how it feels to be in sucky jobs. I can truly relate, and it ain't fun, and the worst thing is that you are there so f*ckin' much. I know you know this, but I always tried to do everything I could to make the environment pleasant. I put things up on the bulletin board at my desk that were funny or inspiring, I played some fun music, and as hard as it is, I tried to focus on whatever small positives there were. I know it's hard, but these are things that always helped me. Oh, and two other things - chocolate and bubble gum. Chocolate for the increase in seratonin and bubble gum for the stress relief, LOL! If that doesn't work, just whip up a rum and coke!

Shakes the 8-ball.

"your outlook is good"

Getting in gear is emotional fitness. :D

p.s.

I'm self employed but in diverse ways!

*gets sneakers on and goes to the Post Office*

See everyone sooooon!

wow...thanks for the responses so far...they are making me tear-up a bit, which is happening alot lately, after a few weeks of a severe lack of emotion
the one foot infront of the other thing is great advice..BUT IT SCARES ME TO DEATH RIGHT NOW!
this sucks

My advice since you have already got yourself up and showered, is to go work, and just see if you can do your work a little at a time. Don't let the work look like a mountain. Just break it down in pieces and do what your comfortable in doing. The moment you feel overwhelmed. Take a breath and promise yourself to come back tomorrow and do a little more. I know this is simplistic, but it seems to work for me. Hang in there man.

I have done this many times at my jobs .. go song long not being there ..im afraid to go back. Thats usually when I end up quitting and moveing on. Do what makes you happy ..You deserve to be happy smut, you really do.

song long !! LMAO

Wow, you sound so much like me. Just finished writing a jounal entry trying to define this "stuck" feeling. Plus I'm my own boss, too...no one to yell at me!

thanks.
i wish one of you told me just to stay in bed. but, i know that we all know that is not the right thing to do, or the best thing to do for myself.

i will try to gather myself up and go. this thread has really helped! Keep it up...

WHEN you get to work, let us know. You CAN do it.

blueblue - read your journal, and you pretty much nailed it.
it is simply, STUCK...something is holding us down, grabbing the back of our neck and holding us down like a schoolyard bully.

the advice of NEVER PROCRASTINATE is probably amazing advice, but it overwhelms me at this time.