Changing Jobs

The stress got to me, so I had to change jobs

I am a Finance Director for a high volume (meaning super busy) local car dealership. Since I have started school, I found my job has become very demanding. It has probably always been this way, but I never noticed it before. Now, that I am going back to school I’ve found time my time to be very precious. 

Stressful…

I found myself becoming very stressed-out and having difficulties performing well at school and work. Being that I did not want to drop school or fail, I needed to find a solution and find it fast. I have been at my current job for four years. I am a dedicated employee who is always willing to take on new challenges and perform at my best. So I figured why not ask for help.

It’s ok to ask for help… or to say you are overwhelmed

I few weeks into my maximized stress levels; I decided to go to the man who hired me in the fist place. I explained my situation to him and expressed my concerns with school and work. I was so nervous not knowing what his response was going to be. He stated that he understood and had an idea.

Then…

He was appreciative of the fact that I went to him with my concerns instead of letting things fester until I decided to leave the company. He has another director’s position opening in a smaller store. It will be less stress and I will be able to focus on school. I’ve been at the new dealership for a week now and what a change!

Share your story

I would love to hear your stories… is work too stressful? If so, did you do anything about it? Or, are you worried that the combination of school and work is going to be too stressful? I look forward to hearing from you… I like knowing I’m not alone out here.

Comments

[Stacy Majorowski]

I was very nervous and scared to go back to college. I am a single mother of 3 boys that are still home their ages are 9, 11, & 13. Two of which are disabled and one who has such medical problems he needs to be home schooled. My parents live here in Florida but I moved here from Boston. Thankfully I have enough income where I don't have to work and I can be here for the kids and am able to go to school. A lot of my classes are online but some are at the school (Webster college in Holiday). My first week of classes really scared me especially the online class I have never done anything but retrieve my e-mails on a computer so to say the least I was sweating bullets. I got through the first sememster only to find out my second one would all be online. I was so scared I literally had such an anxiety attack I needed to see my doctor. I thought about giving up but if it wasn't for my parents and my children pushing me and telling me I can do it I may have. My microcomputers teacher Mr. Adams used to tease me and call me the "online queen". I recently sent him an e-mail telling him my classes for third semester are also all online and I feel very confident about it. Funny how things seem to work out. It probably helps that this semester I got 2A's and 1B very proud of myself. The woman I spoke with the day I walked in there is Lisa Beckman she is so wonderful she made me feel so at ease and was so nice to my 11 year old who is physically and learning disabled. And every time I felt like I couldn't do it anymore I could call her and she would tell me everything will be O.K. Stacy you are smart and it will be fine. It got me through some very rough times and I don't think she knows just what her kind words did for me. All in all I feel this is one of the most important decisions I have made since I had my children. Knowing that I will have a college degree to be proud of and to show my boys that if you put your mind to it no matter how old you are you can do anything you want to.

Thank you,
Stacy Majorowski

[Michele Reed]

Hello Stacy,

Wow...what a great story!! I am always afraid of what I can handle and what I can't handle, but after reading your post I just want to smack myself in the head. I truly admire your ability to be a great mother of three and attend school. I think you are going in the right direction, just hang in there and never give up. I feel being a mother to a child of disability is a much more difficult daily task than anything else you could do in life. I know by this you are amazing. Hang in there Stacy and if you ever think about giving up...think about what you would say to your children if they ever wanted to give up on any task..big or small.