#I want to quit my job how to
I knew how to go about it, but instead I just acted.Īnd what I need now isn’t advice, but community, which is I why I felt so strongly about choosing this aspect for my #IQuit article on LinkedIn. But in this moment, in this decision, in quitting, I didn’t need tangible advice. It could serve as a follow-up to The Daily Muse article I wrote on what you can do when returning to work after a tragedy which was syndicated on Forbes and is quoted on Lifehacker.
#I want to quit my job professional
So, instead of viewing my decision to quit in a professional context, I’m processing it a personal way-and reeling with guilt and nerves and sadness.Ĭlassically, I’d write a post filled with tangible advice. Mine did: They sent food when Moses was born and flowers when he passed away. If you’re lucky, your workplace provides a sense of community.
For the first time, I thought about leaving our apartment when our lease is up this summer, not as fresh start, but with the realization that I might struggle mightily to turn in the keys. Moving on from this job is the right decision professionally, but the immense discomfort I felt-and emoted-is personal. This job was one more piece of myself that existed in the universe when my son was alive that I wouldn’t be able to get back. In the aftermath, I felt nervous: nervous about money, nervous about mishandling things, nervous about betting on myself and the future of my writing career.Īnd I realized that the intensity with which I approached my decision-from the absolute declaration that I would be leaving to the nerves and tears in the aftermath-all came back to grief. I was frenetic as I spoke to my supervisor, feeling that I needed to quit-full stop, no room for negotiation-or else it might be several months before I gathered the courage to initiate the discussion again. My quitting experience was hyper-emotional.
(Not exactly what you would expect from someone who writes career advice for a living-that is, at two of the other three jobs). To clarify, I quit one of four part-time jobs I was working, and I did it in a clumsy and slightly dramatic fashion. Yes, there are triggers-moments and memories and dates-and then there are things that send you into an emotional tailspin for no obvious reason, and then you realize it’s grief. Grief has a creeping quality: It can sneak up on you when you’re not expecting it.
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