The job you can’t stand is writing the checklist for your next one.

Hating a job is unpleasant and also unusually informative. Every shift teaches you something specific you will not accept again: the schedule, the manager who does not explain, the work that never connects to anything. Most people only know what they want in vague terms, but you are learning it in detail. The bad version is doing the research for you.

Keep a running note on your phone of what exactly you cannot stand, in concrete terms. Turn each item into a question you can ask in an interview. Use it the next time someone asks what you are looking for.