Giving a damn when you really don't

[Vishenka69]

I only have about a month to go but I still haven't given my resignation yet (waiting for some bonus $$$ to hit the account first). I really don't care about my job anymore and it's really hard to go in every day pretending that deadlines matter. I'm pretty sure my boss has guessed that we're moving based on my sudden laid back attitude, but I just don't care anymore.

Any words of advice as to how make the next 6 weeks a little more bearable? I guess it'll get easy once I come out into the open, but even that is a few weeks away.

Play Bullshit Bingo. At least you'll appear to be paying attention for a little while, if nothing else.


http://www.bullshitbingo.net/cards/bullshit/

I love it.

[Vishenka69]

I've seen it before. Fortunately I've been able to extricate myself from a number of meetings. I'm just having a hard time pulling myself together and being productive on a daily basis.

[Michele]

Maybe count the hours of productivity based on the number of shoes you can buy for the new area/town?? 'Cause you do need to have new shoes when you move right? Don't they have to match the city or something?

My advice would be to try new restaurants/fun lunch places during your lunch break that you haven't already been to--or that you really love--and/or otherwise really appreciate the setting that you work in (i.e. the neighborhood/boutiques nearby, etc.) That's what I tried to do during all my crappy jobs, particularly the legal secretary one last year. I would make my lunch break really exciting by trying different lunch places and/or shopping during my lunch break, and at the end of the job when I had my end date in sight I made sure to try all the restaurants I wanted to try that I hadn't tried yet and do even more shopping since it was in an area of downtown I hadn't spent much time in before I got the job.

[DCJenn]

BTDT-

Honestly, I never found a good way to get through it.

Yeah, you want to do a good job and yeah they are paying you to produce but meanwhile all you can do is think- "______(insert swear word of choice, probably something in Russian) I cannot go through one more minute of this godforsaken place. and why did I ever find this to be interesting? and who are these people? I liked them? Why? I hate them. I hate this place. I want to be anywhere but here."

Tough it out. Deep soothing breathes. You'll get through it.

Jenn

[Vishenka69]

Yeah, you want to do a good job and yeah they are paying you to produce but meanwhile all you can do is think- "______(insert swear word of choice, probably something in Russian) I cannot go through one more minute of this godforsaken place. and why did I ever find this to be interesting? and who are these people? I liked them? Why? I hate them. I hate this place. I want to be anywhere but here."

How did you get inside my head? And how long have you been there for? What else have you heard?
I already do a fair amount of shopping and should probably scale down if anything. I've bought several pairs of low heel driving shoes to prepare for my new suburban life.
Luckily my boss and I really like each other and he knows that I'm really wrapped up in DH's job search. Plus I think he's started to look for a new gig too. For now I'm just counting days and trying to seem as productive as possible.

[DCJenn]

I have multiple talents...

Jenn

[Vishenka69]

I just told my boss that I'm leaving. I'm so releaved. Also submitted my last day to HR. This is so scary. I guess there's really no going back. But at least I can now make all my arrangements in the open.

[Michele]

whew...at least there is some relief

[Vishenka69]

Yeah, but boss tried to convince me to stay with a 10% raise. As if 10% of a laughable salary counts for anything. He was actually upset that I didn't take him seriously.

[SuzySunshine]

Yeah, but boss tried to convince me to stay with a 10% raise. As if 10% of a laughable salary counts for anything. He was actually upset that I didn't take him seriously.

Stay for good - does he not realize you're moving to another STATE! Of course my NE geography sucks, is it not really that far?

Certainly outside of commute range, unless you're a movie star.

[Auspicious]

Yeah, but boss tried to convince me to stay with a 10% raise. As if 10% of a laughable salary counts for anything. He was actually upset that I didn't take him seriously.

Stay for good - does he not realize you're moving to another STATE!

That is funny. Even if it were higher than 10%, what does he think you're supposed to do??