I've never quite understood the 7 year itch until recently. Not a 7 year itch in it's normally intended context of a relationship or marriage, but in a career sense. I've been with my current employer for 7 year and while the time in some ways has flown, in other ways, I'm starting to feel like this is all I've ever known. My frame of reference has shrunk to these four walls and my confidence outside of this structure has diminished.
I definitely have a love-hate relationship with my job at the moment. Last week was horrific and this week was great! At what point do you release that the grass isn't always greener on the other side...but then again, isn't life all about moving on up and trying new things?!
So many things to ponder...But for now - HAPPY FRIDAY!
PS - just so you know:
The seven-year itch is a psychological term that suggests that happiness in a relationship declines after around year seven of a marriage.[1] The phrase originated as a name for irritating and contagious skin complaints of a long duration. Examples of reference may have included STD herpes outbreaks that are known to significantly decrease in frequency after seven years or mites that live under the skin (scabies) and cause severe itching that is hard to get rid of. Later on in the 19th and early 20th centuries it was viewed as an expression of imagined appropriate punishment for antisocial behavior, or as a simile for a situation with little hope in relief.[2]
The phrase was first used to describe an inclination to become unfaithful after seven years of marriage in the play The Seven Year Itch by George Axelrod, and gained popularity following the 1955 film adaptation starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell.
The phrase has since expanded to indicate cycles of dissatisfaction not only in interpersonal relationships but in any situation such as working a full-time job or buying a house, where a decrease in happiness and satisfaction is often seen over long periods of time.
