Domestic Engineering

I'm not sure if it's because I'm female or because of my age - or perhaps the combination of female + engineer; but I'm really not happy with working. A lot of me says "this is it?" Because I was raised with working class midwest values that said that if you worked hard you would get ahead. Which is totally not true in the real world. Work is just really not that fufilling. It makes me stressed out and I don't feel like I get much back from it. I felt more useful at the last place, but that's mostly because I'm not super useful at the new place yet. Part of it is the work at the new place, it's not been all that was promise or that it was cracked up to be.

I think a lot of it is that work really just is not that interesting. My work is helping people who have cancer for god's sake - why am I not happy with it? This is getting a little ridiculous.

I have to say the move has been good. Living here has been much better than Rochester. There's more stuff available to do, and the lifestyle is much better. Working just sucks.

Maybe I should just aspire to become a domestic engineer.