Last night I was thinking about how I'm not learning anything new in my job. It's something that I end up feeling at every job. This is a slippery slope that always leads me down the path of finding another job. I don't deny that these are the entitled thoughts of a spoiled person. Nevertheless, that is how I think.

Last night the thought also dawned on me that while I don't think I'm learning any new skills or gaining any new knowledge at my job, just the process of staying at a job for a long period of time can be, in itself, a worthy goal that leads to many lessons learned. These are character building lessons that can help me develop patience, commitment, dedication, loyalty, humility, deeper relationships, etc.

The very act of getting up every day and going to the same desk, seeing the same people, doing the same things, going through the same routine is just part of growing up and I've been fighting it for the past 10 years. I've bought into this idea that the world owes me adventure, learning opportunities, excitement, praise, love, belonging. Shocker, since I think I'm owed, I passively wait to receive these things. Truly, the real skills that I need to start developing are character based and not the kind that I can list on a resume.