In May 2022, I took a huge risk by quitting a full-time job without a job lined up. I had been thinking about it a lot, and had been applying for other jobs, but wasn’t getting many interviews. My mental health was also spiraling, and so I decided after thinking about it for some time that I should leave. Honestly, it was very difficult to look for a new job after quitting the job I already had. I also was living with my parents at the time, and we weren’t getting along. I just fell into a spiral of self-pity instead of taking responsibility for quitting my job. I also didn’t have a plan and looking back, I would have probably done things differently. At the time, I became depressed and also wasn’t taking care of my mental or physical health, and I just wallowed in shame about how I quit my job without doing anything to address the situation. So, I started exercising, and now I’m working again, but I’m realizing that self-care isn’t something that requires quitting my job. It is a daily thing I need to make time for, even if only a few minutes. I also realized that having hobbies and interests outside of work is important so that I don’t burn out. When I spent that entire year not working, I had a hard time engaging in my hobbies because I was worrying all the time about not having any savings left because I quit my job. While I definitely appreciate that I had the time to figure stuff out and leave my job, If I could do things differently, I would have been more patient with myself when searching for another job and would have put together a plan instead of deciding to quit with little money saved.
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