You close a job posting while choosing a shirt for work
This is a story for those who open job postings while getting ready for work, yet can't bring themselves to apply.
Scenes
- You close a job posting while choosing a shirt for work — You try to start the day in front of the closet, but find yourself opening a job posting first. You can't make it to the end.
- Do you want to leave, or do you just hate today? — Once you close the posting and put on your shirt, the company you just saw looks better, and your current workplace feels more suffocating. It's because you're trying to choose both at once.
- You look at three job postings and still go to work — Before getting dressed, you open and close three job postings. On the way to work, what stays with you isn't which company is right, but why you still haven't left.
- Don't put today's discomfort and your reasons for leaving in the same box — Changing jobs starts with separating why today is hard to endure from the conditions you'll choose going forward. When you mix them together, the more postings you look at, the cloudier your judgment becomes.
- Keep only one thing to check in a job posting — Tonight, choose one job posting and write down just one condition you absolutely need to check, instead of why it appeals to you. You can think about applying afterward.
- Today's exhaustion isn't the answer to whether you should leave — Even if you waver every morning, you don't have to decide whether to leave or stay based on that feeling alone. First, try setting today's discomfort and your own conditions apart.