Hey guys,
I am not neccesarily anti work, I don’t mind working hard if it has meaning, if I work towards building something that will help me substantially in the future, like trying to build up my own business for instance. Right now, I am stuck in a dead end job that gives me literally nothing, but despair. It is a dreadful customer service job, and I want to quit so badly. I have $50k saved up and can easily last a few years while looking for a new job / starting my own business or joining a good friend’s business on his journey (still very early). Unfortunately my father and sister is extremely risk averse, and cannot stand the thought of me being able without a job. My father has always had a stable income and job his entire life, and of course that has been necessary to support me and my sister. My situation is completely different though. My monthly expenses are <$1000 and I don’t fucking care if I have to sleep in a car if that’s what it takes. I can’t stand this meaningless 9-5 existence working away my entire life for breadcrumbs.
Only thing holding me back from quitting is my father literally going to the extent where he threatens to double my rent (living in family home) and increasing the payment for borrowing his second car that he doesn’t use, which I already pay quite a bit for. He says it will result in countless of sleepless nights for him, and he will worry a lot if I’m without a job. Honestly I just want to travel to thailand or some other country for a few months and get away from the current circumstances. After that go all in learning and applying for work eventually in another lucrative field of work that I am planning to pursue, perhaps join the friend’s business which is the same field.
I’m conflicted as to what to do. I don’t want my family to worry about me, which they really shouldn’t given the money saved up. However I know that they will, and they’re trying to come up with every argument in the world as to why it’s incredibly dumb to quit and I should not dare to do so. At the same time this job gives me a lot of back pain, chronic stress, misery and I feel like shit all of the time, and all I can think about is quitting. Fuck this.