Well, I quit another job this week. I've decided that I absolutely cannot multi-task and should never try it again. I just get too overwhelmed and confused. It also doesn't help that my communication skills suck. You have to repeat things and say them s l o w l y. And I used to think that being an Adminstrative Assistant was easy. Well, actually I do know people who work Admin jobs and they don't really have that much to do. But this job was teeming with tasks.

I really feel like I'm letting them down and all but I just can't cope with it all. And just today, I was told of additional duties. :eek:

At the end of the day, I want to sit and cry but I know that doesn't help.

I've never felt like such an idiot in the workplace, never been so publicly humiliated by my own fumbling and bumbling. There's a guy at work who seems quite impatient with me. I guess he'll be glad that I'm gone. I sure won't miss him either. But at least I know that I really Did try.

Having ADD really makes my life a living Hell. Who can afford to quit a job in THIS economy??? I don't know what the future could possibly hold for me. At this rate, I'll end up homeless.

Well, if it makes you feel any better, very few people know what the future holds in store....I certainy don't....job hunting myself right now...and yes it's scarey...it IS....I won't invalidate that Overload...and as long as you know you gave the job your best...isn't that the most important thing after all? Also, at least you know what kind of job to avoid from here on in....AND somehow these things have a way of working themselves out....I also have bag lady in the street fears (homelessness)....but thinking about it in retrospect, I've never slept on the street once...so what makes me think it will ever happen in the future?? I hope you find a really great job.....try monster.com and also www.careerbuilder.com -- some good jobhunting sites....and have you ever job hunted on the internet? Not a bad place to start...:)

Thanks for the positive vibes, Joan. You are a real go-getter.

Today was my last day at work. They even offered me a $3.00 an hour raise to stay. It's not a matter of money, though, or I would have stayed. (And I REALLY NEED money!!) I just couldn't handle the job and I couldn't just come out and tell them that. I SURELY couldn't admit that I had ADD because I KNOW what would happen then. Even today, my boss witnessed my bumbling. *embarrassed smiley* I'm just sick of it. Literally sick.

I'm sure there's someone better suited and very happy to have the job.

I wish I could tell someone IRL about what really happened but I'm too embarrassed. The boards are the only place I can vent about this. (I think I'll look for an ADD group in my town) So thanks for your reply and encouragement.

I DO feel like I really tried hard to adjust but I still feel like a complete failure; really dumb and stupid.

But I'm going to try not to get too depressed about this and work toward better things.

Thanks again, Joan.

I wouldn't sweat it too terribly much if I were you- I've come to a place in my life where I have ABSOLUTE assurance in God's ability to take care of me, to the point where when I lose/quit a job, it feels like I'm tarzan, and I've just let go of a vine, and I'm actually flying through the air to catch the next one- which has ALWAYS been there. Even knowing this, it is kind of exciting/scary, but it always works out. I don't know if you believe in God or not, but he will watch over you regardless.