Ok, so…I quit. I’m a RN (registered nurse) with 17 years of experience on a lot of the “highly skilled” areas…my resume reads ER to Telemetry to ICU/CCU to Neurotrauma. I’ve done all the Covid/pandemic “things”. I look good on paper and make some great money (I’ve only worked part time for years now, single mom, homeowner and my credit is A-OK).
I don’t wanna do it anymore…I am 100% sure I have PTSD (that might be too far, I don’t want to offend anyone that’s been through some traumatic shit here…) anxiety, caregiver fatigue…(I’m also helping to care for my father who has Lewey-Bodies dementia and all that goes along with that)
Like…I’m done.
I saved up a years worth of expenses, aquit my job and took my teenagers home for the summer (I have a condo 500 miles from the dad and fam and ex job, sorry, I know this getting complicated)
So I’ve delivered for DoorDash and ubereats in the past…(deliveries are fine, I wouldn’t be comfortable driving people, just in case) I’ve sold things on eBay and made a tiny amount of money for some online writing (always wanted to be a writer, still working on that)…I’ll never run my own business or make zillions from investing or crypto…but I’m cool for now
So what should I do? Seriously…give me suggestions…tell me I’ve made a huge mistake……and then tell me how to fix it…go ahead, judge me and unload, then tell me what you think I should do…in the words of the late, great TOm Petty…”the future is wide open…”