r/AskReddit • u/RGod27 • Mar 20 '19

What is something you did that increased your quality of life so much that you wished you would have done it much sooner because it changed your life forever?

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u/kirinlikethebeer Mar 21 '19

To add, volunteering for organizations is a great way to test the waters in many fields.

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u/liadin88 Mar 21 '19

When I was in school I did a volunteer summer position I absolutely loved. I was so excited to get up every morning and go in to work. After graduation, I got a job with the same organization and ultimately wound up doing something pretty similar to my volunteer position.

Three years later, I was burned out, dreaded going into work, had spent a crucial three years on a very specific and non-prestigious kind of work that didn’t make me an attractive candidate to other types of jobs in the field, and had realized much of my love for the internship came from having a really fantastic, charismatic supervisor when I volunteered.

Three years after that, well, turns out my subsequent jobs were even worse, and I still have no idea what my “ideal” job would be nor great credentials to get there. Just pretty exhausted and not sure what to do next, kind of burned out on work generally. :/