Do I Really Belong in This Office Life?
Sometimes I look around the office and wonder if I accidentally walked onto the wrong set. I’ve been an account manager for a few months now, but honestly, it feels like I’m playing dress-up in someone else’s clothes. Sure, I’ve worked my way up from night shifts and customer support jobs, but now that I’m here, surrounded by people who seem born for this, I just feel out of place.
My parents worked with their hands—factories, construction, cleaning. I paid my own way through college, and I thought that would make me feel like I’d made it. But instead, I feel like an outsider among coworkers who’ve never worried about utility bills or looked at a janitor and seen family.
At 30, I catch myself thinking maybe I’d be happier with a wrench in my hand than a spreadsheet. Is it weird to feel like you don’t belong, even after you’ve “made it”? Maybe the real problem is that nobody tells you what success is supposed to feel like. 🤔
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