First post

First post to the journal, here. I always hate the first post. I feel like I should post a welcome, or... something. Nothing so dramatic. We'll start with the intro.

I'm in my late 20's and have been feeling a bit of a desire to get out of my job. I've got job in computers; I've got awesome benefits, good pay, and a generally prestigious job. At least, from the outside point of view.

The reality is, I never wanted to do this job. I got into computers because I needed the money, when it came down to it. I couldn’t afford to pay my bills on the small pay I’d been making previously. For a while, I loved it – even then the bills were tight, but I managed to get by with a little to spare most of the time. Now, I can pay all the bills and have some left over for fun. I love that.

Corporate hell is starting to catch up to me, however. I love what I can do with the money from my job; I don’t love my job. In fact, I’m finding a growing hate for the industry, and some of my company’s practices in particular, at least in regards to people management.

This journal is meant to be a place where I write down my thoughts on finding a job that makes me love going to work again. Months ago, I took one of those tests that tells you what fields you should be in based on your interests, and I fell squarely into healthcare and outdoors (to my surprise; I thought my literary aspirations would put me higher in that regard). It's hard for me to talk to a lot of people about this because I get a lot of adverse reactions to wanting to leave my nice well paid job. That job isn’t me. There’s only so long I can wedge myself into a mold that I don’t fit in. I’m the round peg in the square hole. That’s not something I can sustain forever.

There’s not much I can do at this juncture about it all, but I am trying to at least get the ball rolling mentally so that I can escape before I burn out. Starting to explore the options.

More soon; have lots to do around the house today and should get to it.