text: what do u do if you hate to work? i can't handle the stress of my former career... and any other type of job will not pay the bills.  i am very careful with my budget, but to survive, i have to work a stressful , demanding job.  i am currently not working , and living off savings..and in a couple months...  things will end.  i have worked for the past 20 some years.......can't deal with it anymore....  i want to be free !   i would just give up..........but i have 2 people in my family to take care of.  maybe they are better off with out me ??  if i am so messed up that i can't make myself go to interviews....and when i do have a job.......i can't handle it, and i end up leaving.   in all seriousness... am i so messed up ..that i should give up ?  are the few people in my life better off with out me? of course not, you are just messed up right now. everyone has felt this way about work. it sounds to me that you need to change careers. what two people are you talking about? if kids, you have no choice, if not, you do. dam! you really need a vacation.... i can feel the stress coming off your paragraph. it's not just the work... it's your life.