James Lim on the feeling of being stuck in a job that doesn't fit. You're secure but exhausted, watching your weaknesses get exposed daily. The question: stay in the suffocating shoe or find work that actually matches your strengths.
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Do you sometimes question whether you're in the wrong career? This may get upsetting at the end, so scroll on if you don't care. Your confidence is at a low and you feel you can't make progress. You don't get to explore your strengths and in fact all it does is highlight your weaknesses. You're stuck because it pays the bills, keeps you secure and you're afraid of change. But imagine for a moment you were in a role that was aligned with your strengths, it excited you and you had the desire and the space to improve. How would that feel? Sometimes life leads us into poor, fit environments like a badly fitting shoe. Remember what you hate someone else loves, and what they hate, you might love. There's no one perfect job, but there are better and worse fits. The question is, do you want to find a better fit or will you stay in this suffocating position for the rest of your life, hoping for a better tomorrow?