Go backwards to Go forward?

[straysweeper]

I'm currently in a situation where I need to begin working. I want to work, but I also want it to matter something. I've been out of work for so long, that it seems like I may have to fall back on my experience as a cashier which I really don't want to do. I feel like its going back to a job that not only I got fired from, but didn't like to begin with. I believe I had outgrown it.

I'm staying with a friend whom is telling me to beat the streets, and the online isn't going to net me work.

So do you go backwards to go forwards? Your thoughts please.

[Still Growing]

Stray,

Words have power and meaning. The words you have chosen to use in your post tell a lot.

-In a situation where I need to begin working
-"have" to fall back on your previous experience
-job I got fired from
-I believe I had outgrown it.
-staying with a friend

You should first start by re-writing your post to say:
I'm currently in a situation where I get to start a new career. I am excited about getting back to work and I am looking forward to doing something that matters. I've been (a housewife, for example) for a while and this has given me the ability to multi task. Previously I've worked as a cashier and if I happen to accept a job here I will do an outstanding job and impress the owners so much they may give me my own store to manage. Or I plan to use this job as a base from which to look for another job.

My friend, who was so kind to take me in, is encouraging me and I feel that good fortune will come my way if I just have a positive attitude and work hard.

In the past I have thought negative, gotten fired from jobs and generally had an self defeating attitude but going forward I will change for the better.

Anyone have any thoughts on how I can get rid of the old negative thoughts and start living my life with zeal?

ANSWER:
Stray, You can do anything you set your mind to doing and you just need to keep a journal to work out your thoughts, set goals and work hard. Good things will come your way if you align both your words and your heart to it. I hope you take my post seriously because I only want the best for you.

[CaptainStubbs]

Going backwards to go forwards.... sure this happens a lot in life in my experience.

I've been talking about my debt in recent posts, and how we already paid off a sizable amount, and 6 years later are back into it. Well, once we pay it off this time, we'll be that much more powerful.

[Parthon]

To me, backwards and forwards implies a next and previous, ie: past and future. I read somewhere they don't exist.

Honestly though, the path is more important than the scenery. You may need to take a job you have had once before, but you aren't the same person you were when you quit. It won't be the same job either, you will have a different outlook and a different experience.

If however, the job feels negative to you, and feels like it will hold you back in progressing on your path, find something that won't. If it doesn't resonate with you and won't pull you along to where you want to go, ditch it.