As of 10 minutes ago, with the help of this sub. I just resigned from an otherwise amazing position with great benefits and pay. To say that I’m a little anxious about what the future might hold would be an understatement. However, I consider myself extremely lucky to have managed to save enough to survive about 1-2 years without pay. This was all a result of about 2 years of night shift hell that absolutely wreaked havoc on my physical and mental well-being with no end in sight and no hope of a shift change.
This is the first time in my 29 years of life that I’ve actually been the one to initiate leaving a job (prior to it was either COVID or the one time I was a dumbass and got fired).
I don’t really have any advice to give, it’s too early to tell. The only thing I’ll say is. Don’t sell your personal life and happiness chasing money, because in my experience. You’ll end up alone, depressed, and your only reason for waking up will be to feed the dog and to go “make that bread”. Just so that it can sit in an account while you sit in your apartment in a night shift stupor. Staring into the wall trying to remember what you were supposed to do 5 minutes ago. All while your dog is trying to figure out why you never want to play. It’s not a life we were meant to live! I was honestly happier when I was a bartending part-time pre-covid working for a slave wage + tips.
Here’s to a new beginning, and hopefully a happier one .