It’s been a month since I quit my job. Uncertainty has glamor, I’ll give it that. It also has anxiety. It also makes me crawl in my skin. Panic look up jobs on Idealist. But it also makes me realize how much of our lives are made up of our routines, both self induced and forced parameters of our lives. It’s also given me time to think again, read and write everyday. My old job and really my career as a city government employee was something I wanted, badly, as a young person growing up. I thought a career in government meant the ability to change the world, bring resources to my community and it was that to a certain extent. But I also started to see how crucial it is to divorce your ‘self’ from your work.
Are you even living if you are not feeling?
Are you even living if you are not feeling?
Are you even living if you are not feeling?
It’s been a month since I quit my job. Uncertainty has glamor, I’ll give it that. It also has anxiety. It also makes me crawl in my skin. Panic look up jobs on Idealist. But it also makes me realize how much of our lives are made up of our routines, both self induced and forced parameters of our lives. It’s also given me time to think again, read and write everyday. My old job and really my career as a city government employee was something I wanted, badly, as a young person growing up. I thought a career in government meant the ability to change the world, bring resources to my community and it was that to a certain extent. But I also started to see how crucial it is to divorce your ‘self’ from your work.