Hey everyone,

Thought I’d try here as I’m feeling at my wits end with this one. I’m absolutely hating my current working situation. It’s causing anxiety to the point that it’s hard to work, which in turn makes the anxiety even worse.

I’m starting to believe that desk jobs just aren’t for me. I studied law for my undergraduate and went straight into a masters in the UK afterwards. When I finished that, I went into a big 4 firm as a trainee in international tax. I absolutely hated that and left after a year.

I thought moving to a start up with a bit more of a dynamic set of tasks would be better, but I’m still feeling the anxiety. Add the fact that I work under two siblings who often give me conflicting advice/opinions. I constantly feel like I’m walking on egg shells with respect to performance despite being told I’m doing well. But 6 months in and it feels like the weekend is the only time I can breathe.

I’m afraid to quit as I have feck all savings. But I’m on around 36k so it’s not as if I’m leaving a goldmine either. I’m also afraid of being judged by my family etc.

I’ve no problem with work ethic. I worked hard in school and university, and ended up being able to study my masters at one of the best law schools in the world. I work hard in the gym 5 days a week. But with work I just cannot mentally bring myself to do it anymore.

Has anyone else been in a similar situation? What did you do and what would your advice be?