For context:I posted a while ago about life kind of falling apart. I had been in the automotive industry and was very successful in managing a couple of store locations. However the job was very demanding, often working long hours and very few if any days off. Extra work came at the promise of promotions or increased pay which I chased while not taking care of myself physically mentally and in my personal relationships. When I believed the payoff had finally come, due to decisions of those above me, it was actually more of the same, no days off with no idea when it would come with increased pay, I quit with no plan to move forward. A bit of a mental breakdown at the time.
That cost me my relationship and stable housing. For the past six months ive failed to switch career fields as I had hoped to get away from the 13hr days 5-6-7day week physically demanding jobs ive often been in for the past 12 years. A childhood injury that I ignored in my 20s will no longer let me forget it.
There was a time months ago when I gave in and applied to manage a shop again, and I got an offer yesterday for that job. The pay would allow me to get back on my feet but im worried for myself physically and mentally going back to that kind of work. Even more so as it leaves a sense of failure to escape from it. But the bills are past due, and my dog deserves a better life. I feel like im complaining, but I also am very concerned that this is the life I may be stuck in, one that is unhealthy for me. No kind of retail store outside of a hobby shop has even given me a call from my applications.
Should I take the job now and keep applying elsewhere?Or should I just keep applying to jobs? I think I may know the answer, but my mind is still scrambled on whats best for me.