I realize that these feelings of exhaustion may just be cured by a vacation, but never in my life have I quit a job without some backup plan, and right now— I have no backup plan and want to just stop. I’m exhausted. I feel lost. I feel so much pressure to FIRE and make 100k+ a year
(I don’t even make near that number). I feel afraid to make my own choices about quitting due to fear of “breaking the rules”, or for fear of hating the situation I end up in after I quit. But I’m literally struggling to care, and all I want to do is quit my job and stop working, at least for a while. I’ve been in my career for 11 years with financially nothing to show for it, which then adds on the shame, feeling like I’ve wasted the last 10+ years I’ve been working.
I know that I’m not lazy. But I’m really losing my mind and my soul.
Thoughts from anyone who said fuck it and changed their life for the better?