The job you can’t stand might be the down payment on the one you’ll love. Clock in like it’s an investment.

A job you dislike is still producing something besides a paycheck, if you decide what that is. Skills, contacts, a clear picture of what you never want to do again: all of it transfers, and the difference between two years wasted and two years spent is usually whether anyone was collecting. This is not an argument for staying forever.

Name the three things this job is going to give you and go get them deliberately. A skill, a person who will vouch for you, some money set aside. Then leave when you have them, which is easier with a list than without one.