Everyone knows exactly how it feels to be stuck in a rut. You are doing the same things over and over and over, and you are not happy. Maybe the job is wearing you down or are just plain old bored. Sometimes, you know exactly what you need to get you out, a new job, a promotion or increased responsibility at work, but hitting that goal or making it a reality seems so far stretched that you don't even feel like trying. It wouldn't be worth it. So you stay in the same situation