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Spidy
05-30-2007, 08:45 PM
I have been out of college for 3 years and am really stressed out about work.

After college I took a job that was really boring for a year but it paid the bills. At the time I could not get anything better because the job market was bad. After about 12 months I finally got offered a corporate job with alot more pay. I was really excited and went in ready to work my hardest. Despite my optimism, this job was really stressful and the company really did a poor job preparing me (since the last person was fired I got bad training.) I was miserable there and felt trapped. I decided to stay a year and finally left this past january. (this job really did suck, people were really rude, my manager got up and quit randomely, it was just bad.)

Since January, I have felt so much more relaxed and happy, taking temporary jobs here and there and just feeling so relieved. I planned on taking another permanent job after a brief time with temporary jobs so I could re-coop.

So far, everything has gone as planned, but now I have another job offer that is promising and better pay. I accepted the job, but found that I'm very scared of what lies ahead. I'm worred it will be like my last job, which really hurt me and stressed me out. I don't want to take another job. I want to be free. I'm scared.

Already I have been thinking about plans I have to cancel with my girlfriend over the summer. Would you all recommend that I stay with my temporary jobs and take more time, or just jump back into the saddle.?

thanks,
spidy:confused: