Does anyone have lack of motivation?

[mountainboo]

I have really had enough of working with the general public and have lost all patience with them. I find it grating just participating in small talk with customers. And I have a really short fuse. I'm only 26 but have been working with the public since I was 17, is this what I have to put up with until I'm 60? Also I have a total lack of motivation to continue with my gcse in english. I've only done 3 out of 9 assignments. I so badly wish that I'd taken school seriously and gone on to University so that I could have got a job I actually enjoy!! I've always wanted to write, but we cant afford for me to give up work just yet. Anyway, would be good to hear if anyone feels same or fed up with work etc?

[B00]

Yeah know what you mean. I've worked with the general public in one form or another for the past 15 years or so and their stupidity and or rudeness never fails to amaze me! I've often said I'd love to work with animals, the worst that can happen there is I get kicked or bitten which would be far more preferable.

[Doc Spock]

Half the day shift abers I would suggest.

[mountainboo]

Yeah your prob right doc. I'm glad I'm not the only one boo

[mountainboo]

Thanks pa___ul that makes alot of sense

[tiny e.a]

Don't give up on your GCSE now! If you're annoyed that you didn't take school seriously it won't help you to fail to take this seriously either. Keep doing the work, once good grades start coming in you'll feel far more motivated to continue and will, quite rightly, feel really proud once you've achieved the GCSE, that in turn will help build up your confidence, which will in turn make you realise the real options that are open to you and give you the courage you need to find work that you are happier in.

I agree with Pa__ul that it's anormal thing to feel around our age. I left uni 3 years ago and have only just pulled myself together and realised that only I can create oppertunities for myself and only I was holding myself back from getting out of a job I didn't like. Now I have plans, and while it'll take 2 years for me to becaome qualified, I'm willing to wait those years out knowing it will mean me being what I want to be. You can do that too, there's loads of oppertunities out there, it may mean working extra hard, or being patient, but in the end it's worth the patience and the work.

[rabbitygirl]

Since when do you have to give up work to write? Try and find a writers circle to attend one evening a week. It may motivate and inspire you. A writer is someone who writes, not necessarily someone who gets paid for it or even published. And get that GCSE back on the road or you'll never get away from those customers.

If I sound bossy its cause I strongly suspect I am talking to my son!!! By the way dear you owe me rent.

[mountainboo]

Thanks tiny and rabbity, thats very good advice. Alas I am not your son rabbity, I am a girl. I hope you get your rent soon, he he

[crossroads]

Looks like sombodys been playing with multiple user accounts............
I wonder who that could be?????