I don't have the time to play long and complicated board games these days (plus we have cats and anything left out is helpfully rearranged for us overnight...) so go for things geared to run for shorter time periods. I can definitely recommend Railway Rivals and Union Pacific as good games, easy to get into and (important for us) short play-time duration. Union Pacific says play-time one hour on the box and the only time we took longer than that was the very first game we played!
I'm in much the same situation - I'm being forced by my boss to apply for a job that I dont want to do (its a long story that basically comes down to 'do this or I dont renew your contract'). I'd love to just tell him to fsck off to his face and walk, but I have financial commitments that simply will not allow me to do so.
I've got to find a new job to go to before I can quit the one I am in at the moment, if I dont, basically I might well be completely screwed.
In the meantime, there is a very good chance that I am going to end up doing something that I really hate doing, working for someone I now intensly dislike. Oh sure, I'll get something new eventually, but it shouldnt have to come to this - I end up doing a poor job because I spend most of my time either feeling really stressed about the job I'm going to end up doing, looking for something else (pretty much anything else at the moment), or both.
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I don't have the time to play long and complicated board games these days (plus we have cats and anything left out is helpfully rearranged for us overnight...) so go for things geared to run for shorter time periods. I can definitely recommend Railway Rivals and Union Pacific as good games, easy to get into and (important for us) short play-time duration. Union Pacific says play-time one hour on the box and the only time we took longer than that was the very first game we played!
FWIW I would probably just suggest two-part strategy; part one, continue working, but on half-assed basis.
Part two; find a new job. No matter how hard it is, start looking for one, and do not stop until you have found one.
Sound advice, and something I plan to follow to the letter! I'm off to look for a job...
I'm in much the same situation - I'm being forced by my boss to apply for a job that I dont want to do (its a long story that basically comes down to 'do this or I dont renew your contract'). I'd love to just tell him to fsck off to his face and walk, but I have financial commitments that simply will not allow me to do so. I've got to find a new job to go to before I can quit the one I am in at the moment, if I dont, basically I might well be completely screwed. In the meantime, there is a very good chance that I am going to end up doing something that I really hate doing, working for someone I now intensly dislike. Oh sure, I'll get something new eventually, but it shouldnt have to come to this - I end up doing a poor job because I spend most of my time either feeling really stressed about the job I'm going to end up doing, looking for something else (pretty much anything else at the moment), or both.