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Quitting without another job lined up?

I (23M) absolutely hate my job. I’m overworked, unappreciated, and feel completely unfulfilled. I wish I could quit now, but there are two big reasons why I can’t: They’re sending me to an industry conference in mid August. The travel and details have been booked for months and I really want to go. I have to move apartments in early September and it’s going to be a huge expense. I can’t lose my income stream right now. I’m actively looking for other jobs now, but it’s a terrible time for it. I’m thinking about quitting in late September, even if I don’t have anything else lined up. My parents think this is crazy, but my current job is making me so miserable. I am scared I won’t be able to find anything and my savings will run out, but I don’t want to wait forever in this job that’s destroying…


I (23M) absolutely hate my job. I’m overworked, unappreciated, and feel completely unfulfilled.

I wish I could quit now, but there are two big reasons why I can’t:

They’re sending me to an industry conference in mid August. The travel and details have been booked for months and I really want to go.

I have to move apartments in early September and it’s going to be a huge expense. I can’t lose my income stream right now.

I’m actively looking for other jobs now, but it’s a terrible time for it.

I’m thinking about quitting in late September, even if I don’t have anything else lined up. My parents think this is crazy, but my current job is making me so miserable. I am scared I won’t be able to find anything and my savings will run out, but I don’t want to wait forever in this job that’s destroying me. I can live for about eight months on my savings, but it would feel awful to drain my savings completely at this age.

Any advice for what I should do?

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