The best and worst jobs I've ever had are one and the same. It was the best job for me at the time when I started and now it has become the worst job for me. I constantly look forward to the day when I can do something else.
When I started my job eleven years ago, I had just been arrested for a possession with the intent to distribute and was consuming large amounts of drugs and alcohol on a daily basis. The first year I worked like a dog, as many hours as I could get and managed to repay seventeen thousand dollars of debt. The second year I still worked like a dog, but had no debt so I settled right back into the lifestyle I had lived in years past. I was buying clothes and shoes I had no need for, smoking pot all day, drinking all night and ingesting anything I could get a hold of. I was working solely to get a buzz and look cute.
One of my personal motto's that I've picked up at work is "Evolve or die". I was constantly changing with the demands of my job, trying to ensure my job security. Unfortunately around the same time I figured out I was making about half of what I was making a few years before, I realized other problems with my job. I have medical, IRA and free dental at my job and was overjoyed with this from the begining. The problem is I realized I would never be able to retire with my IRA and I would never be able to afford a house on my salary. There are many other problems I have with my job that have caused me to no longer enjoy it, but those are company problems and things I cannot change. I can change my job if I work hard enough. Another creed I'm fond of is " All good things come to an end".
