When is it finally time to say enough is enough? from Life Tips at Families Online Magazine

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When is it finally time to say enough is enough? Work, relationships, bad habits and endless other options cause unneeded stress in our lives. Obviously there are things that cause stress that we can not avoid, such as illness and death, but anything else in our lives that is eating at our existence can be shoved out the front door.

Saying enough is enough is the hard part. A job you know is not for you and is causing undue stress is a hard thing to let go of if you are a caring and responsible individual. A relationship that you have been in forever or a habit you just can't seem to part with tend to grow like fungus through our souls. The actual decision to let something go is probobly the hardest part, but once you have made up your mind, the freedom that floods your being is the best feeling in the world.

Obviously I have had personal issues with this topic, but I know there are more of you like me. There have to be. Every day the same drudgery and emptiness. Each day debating and hoping that something better will come of your life. The funny thing is, most of the time, it does not just happen (there are those lucky people who have things fall into their laps), but...usually, you have to make it happen and that is, like I said, the most difficult part.

I've recently been working in a specific line of work that I just hate. Everything in me screams NO! when I think about the work week and everything that needs to be done. It has never been something I have enjoyed or felt I had a natural ability for and just now in this 37th year of my life I am realizing that I have wasted so much time doing things that don't make sense for me. I'm back pedaling just to get through and forcing something into my life that doesn't fit for me. If that doesn't cause stress, I don't know what does.

So here we have a choice to make. Do I stay because I want to do the responsible thing, because I don't want to let anyone down, and because my loyalty should be so strong to this company? Or do I for once in my life do what it takes to get me on a path that makes sense for me and my abilities and natural aptitudes? I think I am answering my own question. The latter makes more sense, now doesn't it?

It's your choice. YOUR choice what you do with your life. Don't let anyone dictate or convince you otherwise, not even yourself. I'm trying my best not to let that happen, and I think I am on my way. Life is so fleeting. A blink of an eye. Doesn't being happy make sense?