ER Eddie
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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I gave my notice today. 60 days. I've had a lot of back-and-forth changes of mind about pulling the plug over the past few years, but last Friday, it became very clear to me that it was time to go.
I have 7 or 8 pages of reasons why, and I won't burden you with all of them. Here are some of the main ones:
I gave my boss an official resignation letter and told most of my main colleagues. I'm a little sad, because I like many of the people I work with, and I'm a little anxious about cutting free of work completely. But mostly I feel right about the decision and relieved that I've announced it. My boss asked me if there was anything he could do to get me to stay, and I basically said no. The things I'm unhappy about aren't within his control, and I didn't want to complain about the workplace anyhow; I don't want to end on a sour note.
So that's it. After years of compiling pro/con lists and changing my mind a dozen times, I've finally pulled the cord. My time at work is coming to an end.
I have 7 or 8 pages of reasons why, and I won't burden you with all of them. Here are some of the main ones:
- I have more than enough money to retire completely.
- I told myself a long time ago that I would continue to work as long as I still enjoyed it. I'm not enjoying it.
- I am being drawn spiritually or emotionally in one direction, and work is pulling me in another, almost the opposite. Work is an impediment to where my heart wants to go.
- Intellectually, socially, physically, and spiritually, it's the right decision.
- The universe has conspired in several different ways to give me a clear message: It is time to go. People say that you'll know when it's time, and I feel that now; I know it's time.
- I'm not happy with the direction my company is moving in. Morale is sinking, people are leaving, and work load is increasing.
- Work lately has felt like a real drain, no fun at all. Tiring.
- My best friend, a dog, died last week. Her death, along with the changes that followed, was a catalyst for this decision. In ways I can't explain here, it would feel like a betrayal of her if I did not stop working.
- I'm coming up on 58. I don't know how long I will live. Time > $.
- There are a lot of things I'd like to do that continuing to work makes more difficult.
I gave my boss an official resignation letter and told most of my main colleagues. I'm a little sad, because I like many of the people I work with, and I'm a little anxious about cutting free of work completely. But mostly I feel right about the decision and relieved that I've announced it. My boss asked me if there was anything he could do to get me to stay, and I basically said no. The things I'm unhappy about aren't within his control, and I didn't want to complain about the workplace anyhow; I don't want to end on a sour note.
So that's it. After years of compiling pro/con lists and changing my mind a dozen times, I've finally pulled the cord. My time at work is coming to an end.
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