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emeadow · 10-06-2009, 10:53 PM

I did it! I quit.

I have a good paying, good benefits, very stable 'cubicle' job that I have slaved at for the last 11 years. I make very good money as things go, am super respected, was even offered a great promotion a month ago that I turned down........because I knew it would interfere with my ability to follow 'my path'.

The craziest thing is, my path is not even 100% clear, and I am not making money at my endeavors yet, but dangit, I am tired of spreading my time and energy between two paths. I feel like I am making slow progress because I spend so much wasted energy on my 'day job', that I am just skimming what I could do in relation to my REAL interests.

So I gave notice today.

I did give them the option to keep me on board for a couple more months, in a very very reduced role (almost data entry level), where I could work from home only and still make some income and help them through the busy season. My first goal is to drop my day job stress, and if I can do that and still make money working from home for two months, that would be ideal. But if they don't take my offer, I will be hunting up a part time job to help make a few bucks to help on our bills.

My husband is more supportive then I ever thought, especially since financially this will put us in a very very tight position for awhile.

I realized a few weeks ago the only reason I was staying in my current role, and barely making progress in my projects I have passion in, was purely out of guilt......of leaving my current boss with a huge vacancy to fill, especially in the middle of our busy season. But when I weighed out delaying my future another 3-4 months just because of guilt, it looked pretty silly. I have always done EVERYTHING that has been thrown at me from this company and then some, it was time for me to look out for myself for a change.

Holy moly, I feel like I just walked off the plank into an abyss of unknown.

Deep Breath.....

10-06-2009, 10:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
emeadow Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 220	I quit!! I did it! I quit. I have a good paying, good benefits, very stable 'cubicle' job that I have slaved at for the last 11 years. I make very good money as things go, am super respected, was even offered a great promotion a month ago that I turned down........because I knew it would interfere with my ability to follow 'my path'. The craziest thing is, my path is not even 100% clear, and I am not making money at my endeavors yet, but dangit, I am tired of spreading my time and energy between two paths. I feel like I am making slow progress because I spend so much wasted energy on my 'day job', that I am just skimming what I could do in relation to my REAL interests. So I gave notice today. I did give them the option to keep me on board for a couple more months, in a very very reduced role (almost data entry level), where I could work from home only and still make some income and help them through the busy season. My first goal is to drop my day job stress, and if I can do that and still make money working from home for two months, that would be ideal. But if they don't take my offer, I will be hunting up a part time job to help make a few bucks to help on our bills. My husband is more supportive then I ever thought, especially since financially this will put us in a very very tight position for awhile. I realized a few weeks ago the only reason I was staying in my current role, and barely making progress in my projects I have passion in, was purely out of guilt......of leaving my current boss with a huge vacancy to fill, especially in the middle of our busy season. But when I weighed out delaying my future another 3-4 months just because of guilt, it looked pretty silly. I have always done EVERYTHING that has been thrown at me from this company and then some, it was time for me to look out for myself for a change. Holy moly, I feel like I just walked off the plank into an abyss of unknown. Deep Breath.....