I hate my job, I hate that I have to sell my entire life just to afford to keep a roof over my head and food on the table. I’m constantly exhausted. I have some savings and I regularly dream about handing in my notice and actually living some of my own life for myself finally. Go travelling, or even stay where I am but actually have enough time to cook and exercise and read and finally explore the city I live in. But I get scared that I won’t be able to find a job again when I need one, or that I’ll only be able to find minimum wage work that is more tiring and demanding than my current job. Or that nobody will hire me with a gap in my resume.
I feel like my life is not my own. I need time to actually live my own life.
Realistically, is this worth it? Will I be jobless, penniless and have no career prospects at the end of it? How much money should I have in savings before I consider this?