Leave or Stay?

I can't deny that I feel a little guilty for even writing this post, but I am.

I know all the people out there without jobs right now and how lucky I seem to be to have one. I've had it for what will be a year next month. I used to never understand people who said they hated their job. And while I wouldn't go that far (I try to find the positives in every situation), I will say that I do not care for my job.

There are a few people that are very difficult to work with if not impossible. Not in the sense you would think. I’ve always gotten along with everyone I’ve worked with. Yet there is one person imparticular that is so unprofessional that when I first started working here, I would leave very upset on some days – just a simple fact of not being nice. I’ve recently found a book I need to buy that’s about working with toxic people.

There is the drive, even at only 35 minutes one way, it still seems to be a pain. However, more so than even any of that is the feeling of being overwhelmed at times. The job itself is tedious and even though I’m not saving lives, it’s very stessful. They’ve reduced staff, so I’ve been doing two jobs and I don’t even feel totally equipped to do one. I know I’m not the only one feeling the pinch of the economy in this way, but obviously it’s an issue for me.

After 16 years of working, I’ve never had issues like these with a job. I’ve been bored in highschool jobs and obviously moved on from those, but never had a job that was simply too much of a challenge and therefore moved on.

There’s no way I wouldn’t just show up one day because I didn’t feel like it or because I even hated it. However should I still at least begin to look elsewhere? Am I being ungrateful when I at least have a job that the pay is pretty good at, even if I’m not happy with it? Or does this mean that it’s simply not for me and that there is another out there that I may at least find enough contentment in that I will keep until I’m some famous auther ;)

Thanks for reading my question & vent!!!