I turned in my letter (rather, email) of resignation today. Man, do I feel so much happier! I've been pretty gloomy, moody, and irritable lately. I apologize for bringing anyone else down while I've wrestled with being unhappy at work. But next Thursday is my last day. Woohoo!
Okay, so it's also really freakin' scary, since I don't already have a job lined up and Forrest's still unemployed. Scary situation. But I've been increasingly unhappy at work for a year now. My mom and HR both commented that the headache-that-would-not-die could very well be stress-induced. The doctor said it wasn't impossible to be stress-related, though it's hard to prove that causal relationship in any given case. All I can say is that it finally cleared up over the weekend, after I started really believing I was going to quit work. And I do have some savings to pay bills for a while yet...
I feel positively giddy right now. I know it will wear off and the creeping fear of uncertainty will pop up, but right now I'm going with the happy.
Unintentionally funny: I logged in to Microsoft's internal Health & Wellness site to look up some benefit info. The top headline on the site was "Quit for Life Today!" Don't mind if I do! :)
Let's end this post with some links:
2 comments:
I'm very glad you've escaped from that place.
That said, the posts you link to make a lot less sense when you are the sole money-earner for a family of four and suffer from a number of very expensive chronic diseases. Being out of a job, voluntarily or involuntarily, without having another job that starts up immediately looks like a very different proposition.
Certainly, things would be very different if I had a family. I wouldn't have had the luxury of quitting "just because" I was unhappy, not without another job lined up, as you say.
I know someone who's similarly unhappy at their job, but because they are the sole breadwinner for their family, they have to stick out an unsatisfying job. I feel sorry for people in that unfortunate situation. :(
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