Last November I quit my decent-paying, work-from-home job and have been lying to my friends and family since. I reached a breaking point where the pursuit of gainful employment just to sustain my own existence wasn't worth it to me anymore.
I've been working full-time since I was in high school and I have nothing to show for it. Worse, the stress of a life living paycheck to paycheck has changed me so much mentally and physically that I am nothing like any version of myself that I ever wanted to be. It seems pointless, destructive even, to continue down this same path: a death of spirit is as real as a death of body.
So I wrote an essay, explaining how I got here and where I hope to go. Please take this journey with me: