Ok, Is It Time for Retirement Yet?

So I have decided that I am ready to stop working already. I have only been in the real world for 6 months and I am ready to quit. That is, I don't like my job right now AT ALL. Sometimes not liking your job is just a phase (which I am hoping is what this is) or it's permanent and then you find a new job or do something else with your life.

Now there are several reasons why one may not like their job and I'm pretty sure the combination I've got going covers all of them.

1. I am working by myself with a client. Usually consulting firms don't like to do this for several reasons (work in groups to make more money, teaming with coworkers produces better client work), but of course I am the one exception since there is not a lot of client work out there right now.

2. The project that was supposed to be ending on December 31, 2007 has miraculously been extended JUST FOR ME until April 8, 2008. Do you know how long that is? I know a few months isn't an eternity, but trust me, it feels like it when you are miserable.

3. I am still doing administrative work and not dealing with any numbers at all. I was a finance and accounting major, clearly that is why I took a job as a FINANCIAL consultant.

4. My boss is not listening to me. I have had a good attitude about being stuck on this project but since voicing my concerns that I have reached a plateau in terms of learning, there hasn't been a strong push to get me off this project.

5. I get frustrated when I don't know how to do things and my boss just makes me feel like an idiot. As if I am supposed to know how to do everything as a first year staff. I know I was an accounting major but considering that I haven't used numbers once since I started working, I need to brush up on my skills.

I am sure there are more reasons that are contributing to what is making my life so unpleasant right now, but I can't think of them. I just signed up to take the CPA exam, so that will help to get my mind off of real work and on to trying to pass the four parts of the exam. Also, getting involved in internal initiatives helps. It takes my mind off of the meaningless work I am doing at the client site and on to helping to sell our services in the marketplace, recruiting top candidates and ensuring our practice strategies are aligned.

I am not really sure how long you are supposed to put up with not liking your job, but I am pretty sure I have a short fuse.