So, I work too many hours and I don’t love my job.  Yep, that’s on me.  My choices, but sometimes it sure doesn’t feel as if it’s my choice.  I mean I do like to eat!  I’ve invested more years than I should in my current position, but not enough to walk away and retire.

In 2014, Forbes reported that 52.3% of Americans are unhappy with their work life.  That’s up from 42.6% in 2010.  I’m in the unhappy category, unable to find an alternative worth making a leap into the unknown.

I mean that’s the problem, isn’t it?  The devil you recognize is safer than the one you don’t.  When my father began his work life, longevity was rewarded by success.  In a 2012 article, Forbes lists 4.4 as the number of years people stay in a job.  Today careers are advanced by hop scotching through employers, stepping up as you move.  Thirteen years ago, I quit hopscotching and settled.

Now, I want “that” job.  You know, the one where everyone smiles, you get to be nice to people and everyone loves everyone else.

There are people who love going to work.  When you ask them where they work and what they do, they spew endless amounts of job facts, idyllic accounts of interacting with their co-workers and how their work life balance is so great.

I want to solve issues for people and never have to say “No, I’m sorry, I can’t authorize that”.

I don’t want to talk to the man who wanted “to put my head in a blender”.

I don’t want to smile at two young children while their father rants and insists I tell them why they won’t be able to celebrate Christmas.

I don’t want to receive a call that someone’s electricity is being turned off because of me.

I have many happy memories, but well, these three memories are very vivid in my mental photo album.

None of these events were my fault or caused by my actions. I have oversight of the payroll department in my company and these people were employees.

So now I’m ready to be happy and love my job.  I’m thinking it may be time to walk in the sand and sell bicycles on the beach.  Anyone have any leads on “that” job?