"…spend [life] trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over circumstances." ― Anne Lamott. "Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof." ― Alice Walker A few friends have been battling whether to take jobs recently or leave their current ones. My advice is typically to quit and move on to the next thing. This is because it's the path I've trodden, so the risk has lost its bite, but it's also because I think it's the right thing to do. It's sometimes time to mix things up when you're feeling a bit hopeless about the status quo (and when you feel it's like crawling under barbed wire, through mud and piss). When people say they've left their job or say no to some fabulously corporate opportunity, I jump up and say congratulations! I cheer for them because it's hard to tack upwind, swim upstream, and proudly shake one's tail feathers. This is a conversation I have a lot; I end up boring people at the most inopportune times (on the bus, during a work call, etc.).
#78 | Quit your job
#78 | Quit your job
#78 | Quit your job
"…spend [life] trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over circumstances." ― Anne Lamott. "Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof." ― Alice Walker A few friends have been battling whether to take jobs recently or leave their current ones. My advice is typically to quit and move on to the next thing. This is because it's the path I've trodden, so the risk has lost its bite, but it's also because I think it's the right thing to do. It's sometimes time to mix things up when you're feeling a bit hopeless about the status quo (and when you feel it's like crawling under barbed wire, through mud and piss). When people say they've left their job or say no to some fabulously corporate opportunity, I jump up and say congratulations! I cheer for them because it's hard to tack upwind, swim upstream, and proudly shake one's tail feathers. This is a conversation I have a lot; I end up boring people at the most inopportune times (on the bus, during a work call, etc.).