You're Just Not Cut Out for the 9-to-5 Life.

There's a reason why people who work 9–5 jobs are more prone to catastrophic midlife crisis.

After a while, you'll look back and you'll see emptiness. You would've made money but the more you make, the more you spend.

That's how economies thrive, that's how governments run. You'll begin to have more expensive lifestyles and work harder to sustain it.

You may even die of a stress induced heart attack along the way.

The world will congratulate you for every promotion. You will chase the illusion of happiness and the illusion of success.

I feel like maybe this life isn’t for me. Everything’s always the same. There is no magic and no adventures and everything feels like it will always be the same. I don’t know how to handle it.

So many of us were raised to a subtle beat that went something like this, “Get good grades. Get into a decent school. Get a solid desk job (with benefits). Be happy.”

Problem is, for some people this formula doesn’t lead to career fulfillment at all. In fact, for some, it’s a formula that ultimately makes them want to crawl out of their own skin or run screaming from that solid desk job (with benefits).

Could this be you?

What are some signs that you may, in fact, not be cut out for a traditional, 9-to-5 job?

This is the life you’ve got. Whether it’s “for you” or not is irrelevant at this point - you are already here.

There are two elements to this life: the life as you experience it and the way you live life. Those are not the same thing.

The universe is whatever it is, your world is whatever it is. That doesn’t mean that you have to be any given way. Inside of this universe and this life - you can do whatever you want to do. You can have adventures, you can do different things every day, you can create magic.

You don’t have to “handle” the life you don’t want - you can create a life you do want by doin what you want to do the way you want to do it.

Sometimes, it’s not about resenting authority at all. For some who aren’t cut out for traditional jobs, it’s the endless sea of desks that makes them want to run screaming from the building.

I remember my own first corporate job. At first, it was all like, “Oh. Sooo cool. Look at all these important-looking people in these little cubby holes.” By about six months in, I was finding any excuse possible to get out into the fresh air. (“You need someone to go pick up lunch? On it!”)

By a few years in, I’d had enough. I lasted a grand total of seven years before I’d flat-out had it. I needed freedom, and I needed space.

If your job truly requires you to sit in one space and stare at a computer all day (and you actually don’t mind the work), you may consider requesting the option to telecommute a couple times a week.

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Thank you ...Humans are the only creatures on this planet that ask this question. The “Why” and all the stressful feelings you create and focus on, are all in your mind.

I could give you a reason “why” I believe we are in this Universe, but I have nothing to prove it, and from where you seem to be you will most likely find it ridiculous. But I can tell you this: My reason makes me feel good, there is no frustration and I’m at peace in my mind without proof.

Isn’t feeling good what matters?

You can handle this, and make significant changes in your life by learning to take control of your thoughts. Is there really a need to keep focusing on what’s missing in your life? How is that serving you? How is asking questions that you may never find answers to helpful? More to the point are they necessary?

If your role doesn’t really mandate sitting in one place every day, start planning your day (or requesting to do so) in a way that gets you out and about at least a time or two every day.

Monotony can crush even the brightest spirit. Find ways to break up yours. Or, if you know an office is simply a no-go, start investigating ways to apply to a field that has you, well, out in the field.

Similar to the feeling that a cubicle may give you, being required (or nearly required) to punch in and out each day can make you feel like you have no say in your career or life. And having no say may make you want out, stat.

Do you want to add a word or two?....

Of course, there are many roles that simply require you cover a shift. If this is your job (and it’s making you nuts), you may want to consider a new position or line of work. Businesses that run shifts need shift workers. No getting around that.

However (and this is especially true if you’re a top performer), if the imposed hours are arbitrary—done because this is what everyone does and has always done—perhaps you could put together a proposal that shows your boss how you can achieve your goals outside of the current schedule.

Use care with this approach, of course. (Keep in mind that your boss may long for a similar scenario but be too afraid to push it with “the powers that be.”) But if you do it strategically and in a non-pushy manner, you may just find your idea is heard. And, hopefully, approved!

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I recently worked with a client who was having a heck of a time finding a new sales role. It was a mystery to me at first, because she has so much going for her. But as we spoke, I began to realize that, while she loves selling, she hates (understatement) all the paperwork and reporting that goes along with it.

In fact, she doesn’t just hate it—she’s terrified of it. Thus, every time she gets into a conversation with a hiring manager (for another sales job), they get as far in conversation as the spreadsheets and then she’s out.

The companies she is eyeing simply don’t want a sales person who can’t or won’t also do the necessary behind-the-scenes work.

There is fun and adventure IF you choose to believe in it and seek it. And when you do, you will find everything is always in a state of flux.

Nothing ever stays the same. Even your own thoughts. That’s the reason you are here asking the question- because even if you try and obstruct yourself from progress, the Universe won’t allow it. It will keep bugging you.

So, change before you are made to.