I have a dream...to be a MFW

ajmoney

NP Thanks for your words. It has taken a lot to come to terms with my knock back and I still have moments where I am angry/annoyed/upset but they are getting fewer now, although tomorrow will be the first time in work officially since the news came out so I may not do so well tomorrow. I need to pick myself up and try and work on my the smaller things to ensure I get it next year, if I don't then I can't face it much more.

Feeling rubbish at the mo, arrived back from the Southern Hemisphere with a terrible sore throat and now have a cough, cold and slight ear ache to go with it I feel bad as I can't give enough of my energy to Mr AJM but hopefully I can shift the worst of it today.

ajmoney

Managed to get 150 points so far today on adpoints but now the site has crashed for me and I can't get back on. I hope I still registers what I have clicked on!

ajmoney

Adpoints has behaved slightly better for me and I am now up to 244 but it has decided to freeze again. I only have one left to click on which is worth 14 points so obviously won't be clicking too much! I hope they add more for next week although it looks like it might take the rest of the week to get these 6 points the way it is behaving!

ajmoney

Can anyone please offer some advice as to how I carry on at work when I feel so disillusioned by it all? The only thing stopping from making any rash decisions is the fact I want to MF earlier than February 2030. Not happy in my mind at the mo.

HelenDaveKids

Make a list of positives??

Decide what you need to do to get next job? Is it a course? Is it networking? Can you find someone who will help / coach you to achieve what you need to?

What areas can you change / control? What you cant you need to forget about.

Can you make plans so you have something to look forward to more short term? A holiday? A special event?

ammonite

Hmm ajmoney - very difficult and sorry you feel like this is it work getting you down? I had a time like that and my focus was "it pays the bills, for every minute I sit here disliking it, that is possibly another £X/hour towards my next holiday/christmas/mortgage".

The other thing is make some positive movement to changing what it is you don't like - if that involves changing jobs then try and do that whilst remembering how much the company are paying you to hate your job

Hope things cheer up for you soon

ajmoney

Right, I have 4 days off and I really need to get organised for Christmas, despite the best of intentions I didn't do anything before I went away. I have a physio appointment at 10 which I always arrive early to so will make a list there and post when I get back. I have my first teaching lesson in years this afternoon, it was meant to be over before DH got home but we had to put it back a little so he may be here before I finish. He is such a good teacher that I was hoping I could get through one without him hearing me.

ajmoney

I am a lazy moo, I haven't done anything and I can't be bothered.

ajmoney

£32.78 OP today, £2.78 was an account tidy earlier today and the £30 was for the money I now have in my wallet from teaching.

The teaching went well although I hadn't realised quite how much of a beginner she was, will be seeing her again next week so a bit more to bank before the end of the month.

I think my plan with the lesson money is to OP £30 each time I teach (so long as I have the money in my account) and live of the cash in my wallet. If I have any extra left at the end of each week/month/next lesson payment then I will OP/bank that too.

nattypants

Hi AJ - how are you? I hope that things are a wee bit clearer in your head regarding work, it's times likes these that can test us professionally X

Great O/Ps and teaching money:T

NP:D