After 10 years in corporate, I found myself unemployed at 33, sending hundreds of job applications and wondering if I was even good at anything anymore.
At some point, I realized I wasn’t just looking for another job. I was looking for someone to tell me I was good enough.
So I stopped.
Now I’m starting over in my 30s with no clear plan, a small career crisis, and somehow more peace than I’ve felt in years.
Please tell me I’m not the only one who’s ever let a job affect their entire self-worth.
19 hours agojulijaindiga
No worries... Soon all humanity will be in the same boat. So enjoy the freedom while you have it 😊 we are so close to be just a digital number with boundaries what to do, when to do...
3 days agojenmaciejewski13
Laid off a month ago at age 48, just when we’re about to be empty nesters and closer to the thought of retirement. I have no idea what the heck I want to do, or what my passions are. I feel so stuck! I do not want to go back to working for someone after getting burnt by someone who I trusted and who called me family and then let me go.
3 days agoluke.inthemiddle
Sounds familiar! 37 here, my wife and I were both fired at the same time despite doing a good job, fed up of the corporate world so now figuring out what's next. You're not alone!
3 days agowood_zur
Relate. Im one year older than you butbbeing in this rollercoaster ride of being able to manage teams rhen gettinf fired 2 days after getting hired, its fast money but its also painful. Its like building a house that keeps having beams break no matter how you fix it. And i wonder if this is happening so much why do we keep tolerating it? Its very toxic. Can i get out? I fidn that the projects i initiated myself and never have to physically send my cv or business cards to are the ones that always make it, not the ones i keep initiating for others to greenlight for me. But its not easy at all. In europe i dont know how you make it with solo freelance work while also being taxed 20%. Im still figuring out but experimenting is my answer to you against corporate
4 days agoteddycarl1
Entrepreneurship is the way. Time to build businesses to help our communities and make this world a better place. It's time to find our own humanity and stop the rat race leading us nowhere. 🙌❤️
4 days agomashainmotionjournal
Sometimes it just takes a dezoom to see clearly. I learned the hard way that what I called corporate safety was a mirage. No matter how good you are, you hand the power to decide your worth to people who barely know you. Now I dezoom, and I decide. 🤍
4 days agonotreplaceable.ai
The "measuring my success by a job title" part hit hard. So many people tie their worth to an offer letter, and the silence of a long job search makes that so much heavier. Proud of you for choosing yourself 💛
4 days agothatgirl_assistant
You're not alone! I also felt somehow "abandoned" when I kept looking for a job for months and I know I have experience and I tried to not take it personally. Sometimes they were choosing to work with me after meeting me once, others rejected me after weeks of interviews. But somehow I felt stressed at every job and I kept comparing all the jobs I had. Working online is the best! ✨
4 days agoshanteinmotion
Not a corprate girlie, but I am in the same boat signed a healthcare girlie 😢
4 days agomonysoftdays
Hey Gosia! Just a quick note to let you know that you’re not alone, I was 33 when I left my corporate job after almost A burnout, now I will do my best to not depend anymore on a corporate job, but still in the (long) process to figure out how to build a new system 💘 you’re definitely NOT alone 😊✨
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