Comments on: Thinking of quitting your job in this economy? Yeah, me too. http://www.girlndebt.com/thinking-of-quitting-your-job-in-this-economy-yeah-me-too.html Follow me on my journey to get out of this debt mess Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:25:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: girlndebt http://www.girlndebt.com/thinking-of-quitting-your-job-in-this-economy-yeah-me-too.html/comment-page-1#comment-634 girlndebt Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:57:52 +0000 http://www.girlndebt.com/?p=825#comment-634 Jai, Thanks for the encouragement. Yesterday I got ready for work and could not make it out the door--I got physically sick. Since there was a lot of conflict on Friday, I only imagined what I would be walking into after that. My husband told me I looked like a nervous wreck and to just quit already. I totally agree, but remembered what it was like when we had zero, zip, zilch in savings and thought long and hard before quitting. So I emailed my boss and simply gave her the short and sweet" can't make it to work today" email. Something I never do, but I think she knew why... I took the day off and spent a very quiet day with the family looking at the ocean and clearing my mind. It did wonders. Last night when I came home, I wrote a list of pros and cons of quitting and the pros were mighty long! Since today is my normal day off, I have had time to think this through. I am currently working on getting some private work lined up, working on my bio for the company I spoke about, and getting things in order for my exit strategy. Boy does 30 days sound good! I don't have the exact date I want to be out by, but I am aiming to be out by June...the latest. The kids will be out of school, it will be moving time, and I should have my clients lined up and more money in savings. Just knowing I will be out soon will help me deal with it for the next coming months. Of course, I may get fired before then which will totally change my scenario, but we'll see what I walk into tomorrow. I will feel good having a paycheck come in while I get our savings up again and line up more work. You are so right, it feels good to at least try things out—even if you fail. At least you tried and you will never be left with the "what if's" in life. I think so many of us miss out on so much in life because of fear of the unknown. When my husband told me to quit and I asked "well what if it doesn't work out?" he looked at me clearly and asked me the question "what if it does?" How could I argue with that one? Jai,

Thanks for the encouragement. Yesterday I got ready for work and could not make it out the door–I got physically sick. Since there was a lot of conflict on Friday, I only imagined what I would be walking into after that. My husband told me I looked like a nervous wreck and to just quit already. I totally agree, but remembered what it was like when we had zero, zip, zilch in savings and thought long and hard before quitting.

So I emailed my boss and simply gave her the short and sweet” can’t make it to work today” email. Something I never do, but I think she knew why…

I took the day off and spent a very quiet day with the family looking at the ocean and clearing my mind. It did wonders. Last night when I came home, I wrote a list of pros and cons of quitting and the pros were mighty long! Since today is my normal day off, I have had time to think this through. I am currently working on getting some private work lined up, working on my bio for the company I spoke about, and getting things in order for my exit strategy. Boy does 30 days sound good!

I don’t have the exact date I want to be out by, but I am aiming to be out by June…the latest. The kids will be out of school, it will be moving time, and I should have my clients lined up and more money in savings.

Just knowing I will be out soon will help me deal with it for the next coming months. Of course, I may get fired before then which will totally change my scenario, but we’ll see what I walk into tomorrow.

I will feel good having a paycheck come in while I get our savings up again and line up more work.

You are so right, it feels good to at least try things out—even if you fail. At least you tried and you will never be left with the “what if’s” in life. I think so many of us miss out on so much in life because of fear of the unknown. When my husband told me to quit and I asked “well what if it doesn’t work out?” he looked at me clearly and asked me the question “what if it does?” How could I argue with that one?

]]> By: Jai http://www.girlndebt.com/thinking-of-quitting-your-job-in-this-economy-yeah-me-too.html/comment-page-1#comment-633 Jai Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:21:16 +0000 http://www.girlndebt.com/?p=825#comment-633 Interesting article, I can sort of understand his wanting to make a move and do something else, sometimes if you keep waiting, then you never make the jump. Although it does make a difference once you have a family, sometimes we suffer alittle so we can be better down the road. But with you having other options like your writing, I dont' think you should suffer at your job anymore, you did enough! Maybe spend the next month building up your savings again, but pick a date to put your 2 weeks notice in. Sometimes we have to make big changes to be happy. I personally have helped make some short films, started the businesses, bought houses, etc. Didn't always workout, but I am glad I took the leap and tried new things, something to make you enjoy life again. Don't keep delaying, set your date, 30 days from today! : ) J Interesting article, I can sort of understand his wanting to make a move and do something else, sometimes if you keep waiting, then you never make the jump. Although it does make a difference once you have a family, sometimes we suffer alittle so we can be better down the road. But with you having other options like your writing, I dont’ think you should suffer at your job anymore, you did enough! Maybe spend the next month building up your savings again, but pick a date to put your 2 weeks notice in. Sometimes we have to make big changes to be happy. I personally have helped make some short films, started the businesses, bought houses, etc. Didn’t always workout, but I am glad I took the leap and tried new things, something to make you enjoy life again. Don’t keep delaying, set your date, 30 days from today! : )

J

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