10 Things To Do Besides Cry in Your Companys Bathroom - When I Grow Up

10 Things To Do Besides Cry in Your Companys Bathroom - When I Grow Up Tearpy by The Wicked Littles on Etsy Spending part (or all?) of your lunch hour or minutes between never-ending meetings sobbing in your office bathroom? Wondering how the hell you got here, and  how this is your life? Instead of giving into despair, do this instead: 10. Watch the 1st video in the 10 Ways to Discover Work That Feels Like Play series  (and sign up if you want the next 9 ways): 9. Do whatever you need to set the Reset button.  What energizes you? Whether its a sick day at work to take yourself out for lunch, a movie, and a massage; a journaling practice each morning; or a pajama day where you dont even entertain the thought of leaving the house (or getting dressed!), pinpoint the things that reset you back to feeling like you, and do at least one of them. 8. Read  8 Ways to Get Through Your Day Job Without Shooting Yourself in the Face. Pick one thing from the list and do it. 7. Put 7pm Eastern on Tuesday, December 3rd on the calendar and join me as I interview artist and illustrator Summer Pierre, who wrote one of the best  how-to-make-the-most-of-your-stupid-job guides  ever. Therell be lots of time for live QA! 6. Take a walk.  Take a break. Get away from your desk.  Get out of the building. Grab a coffee. Call your spouse. Enjoy the fresh air and make sure to breathe deep. Do what you can to get more time for yourself throughout the day. 5. Read the posts in the  Recession is Bullhonkey  series  and know that you  can  get another job (or quit it entirely), despite what The World is telling you. 4. Pick and choose from the 13  Grown Up Gigs  interviews  I have recorded in 2013 or watch/listen to em all! 3. Follow all  my Pinterest boards, but go through the links in the ones titled  Career Changers,  Career Clarifiers,  Career Connections, and  Rockin Resumes. 2. Do 1 thing thatll lead you towards your Effective Escape (which is what I call quitting your job without having to worry that youll wind up living in your parents basement).  Update your resume. Send an APB email to your trusted peeps about your ideal work situation. Recruit a friend to attend a networking event with you, and then talk to other people. 1. Remember that you are more than your job, and it is never too late to make a career change.  Your identity goes way, way way beyond what you do between the hours of 9 and 5 (or 6, or 8, or 10) and the bulk of your day  can  be make up of tasks that make you feel smart, confident, helpful and passionate. I quit my day job. Are you next? Ill be re-releasing my An Effective Escape: Leaving Your Day Job Without Living In Your Parents Basement workbook on the Kindle this Friday, and offering it for a super low price from Friday through Tuesday.  Sign up for my VIP List  so you can make sure not to miss the super sale because Im thankful for doing work I love, the ease of being a Woman of the World (aka full-time entrepreneur) in the 21st century, and you.