Work is really getting me down. For the past few months I've had nothing meaningful or substantive to work on. It's affecting my general motivation and I'm starting to feel depressed. I have a plan in

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I feel you OP. I was assigned something that was completely out of my skillset & was asked to work on it. I pushed back but ended up trying anyways (as I knew how to do it theoretically). Since then I have had so many sleepless nights, weekend working, not able to enjoy my time not working as I am constantly stressed about my deliverables. Leadership who doesn’t respond to any of the emails I send and a supervisor who thinks is it ok to order me around.
I have been having the worst past few months. Can’t wait for everything to end so that I can get my life back.

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@C1 no. Industry hire. I'm a designer.

That sucks, OP. Glad you have a plan to make moves. Good luck!

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Thank you :)

Hang in there my friend! If you are in the US, take the long thanksgiving break to recharge.

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Thank you. Good reminder to be intentional about finding ways to rejuvenate this weekend.

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the works to make a change, so I'm not necessarily looking for advice, just wanted to vent and would love encouragement and good vibes

I'm already in the process of rolling off the project and onto a new one, and if the new project isn't good either I'll start job searching. You're right, need to focus on that.

I was there about 10 months ago OP. I waited way too long before I made my exit plan and it got so much worse. Good on you for recognizing you deserve a change! In the meantime, do some self care and eat great food, and try to find one good thing that happens each day!

Thank you ❤️ Glad you got out girl. It's disappointing when opportunities don't pan out the way we thought they would right?

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