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I sit down and my spark fades.
My back aches, my brain atrophy's, my legs scream.
There's a pressure in my temples.
Boredom ripples up my back.
I cannot sit.

"Is it time for snack?"
"Is it time for lunch?"
"Is it time to go home?"
I sit and wait for days to end, weeks to pass.
Flowers wither and die inside my mind.

I imagine flipping a table, throwing a chair through a window.
I wonder what it would be like to carve a hole through the wall with a hammer, just to say "hi" to Bill.
Maybe if I stare at the walls long enough and hard enough I'll start to hallucinate.
That would be interesting.

"I wish you would get out of my office."
"I wish you wouldn't speak."
"Why don't you just fire me?"

I feel guilty.
I should do some work.
"You're just being negative."
"You're making it worse for yourself."

"I am happy. I am positive. I am happy, I am happy."
Fuck!!
"I cannot sit!! I can't fucking sit!!"
"Why am I doing this?"
"Will it ever end?"

A poem I wrote to myself a few years ago when I hated my job and my life.

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are you better now? I hope you are happy now

Yeah I eventually decided to quit that job, go back to school and change careers. Best decision I ever made.
Thanks for the comment and the support :)

Reading this brought on a wave of grey nostalgia! I used to work a desk job, and experienced almost the exact thought processes you describe. It was mind-numbing and depressing enough for me to to make the life-changing decision to go back to college! I have less money now but relative heaps and bounds of happiness and motivation for life. I am really enjoying your posts. I think we are pretty like-minded. :)

It sounds like we are following a similar path. I also went back to University (I'm still there) to change careers. Best decision I've ever made. I'm glad you made the choice as well and that it worked out for you!

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