Brave, or foolhardy?

[trinityofone]

PRO quitting job on Monday:

+Hate job. Job drives me batty. Have become very dull person who does nothing else but talk about how much she hates job.
+Would get to go to Peg2, see wonderful friends, see London again, do something for self for once as should have done right after college, instead of going straight into job.
+Would have time to regroup, work on novel, find new job.
+Honestly do not think I would have too much trouble finding new job (if not necessarily comparable job). ETA: I've been looking at what else is out there for about two months. There's stuff, freelance work at the very least.
+Have enough saved to last six months or so, so money not an immediate issue.
+Am 22 years old. Perfect time to take risks.

CON quitting job on Monday:

-Job = money coming in. No job = no money coming in.
-Have been at job six months. Too soon to quit?
-Two weeks post-giving notice will be intensely unpleasant.
-Have to have more dental work (starting tomorrow, ugh). Insurance ends when job ends.
-May not be able to find as good job. (In terms of pay, position; environment would almost certainly have to be better.)
-No more swag, or opportunities to mail stuff for free. (WHAT?)
-Am 22 years old. Oh, what a perfect time to fuck things up for yourself!

I keep completely convincing myself of one choice, then turning around and convincing myself of the other. I feel like I'm standing at a precipice. Do I take that leap of faith? What do I do?

Y'all can pretend this is like a 'Choose Your Own Adventure' or something. "If you think Trin should quit, go to page 42. If you think Trin should stick it out, go to page 13." *weak laughter*

Seriously, I almost made a poll for this, but then I realized that if I actually made a life decision based on an LJ poll, I would have to have my limited adult credentials revoked.

Comments

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I like this answer! ;-) Is it a bad or good sign that I seem to mostly just want people to tell me this?

[roaringmice.livejournal.com]

Trin, if that's really true, then I think you know the answer already.

No matter what people on LJ tell you, you need to do what's right for YOU. The decision needs to fit you. Just go into it aware of the repercussions.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Well, it's definitely true in that I know what I WANT. That doesn't mean I know what I should do. You can't always do what you want, as I am very aware.

ARGH! So hard...!

But yes, I see your point: it's very telling...

[roaringmice.livejournal.com]

But as you said, you're 22, you have no property, you have no kids - you actually CAN do what you want. You can. This may be one of the few times in your life when you can.

But be aware - employers will not look on this gap in your resume and smile. While that shouldn't be the only reason why you stay in your crap job, it's something that you'll have to work against once you start sending your resume out. You'll need good reasons for quitting, and they can't be because your old employer sucked.

Also know that six months makes you a short-timer. New employers taking you on are taking a risk. You'll have to sell them. You can sell them, but go in with your eyes open to this.

I think doing freelance work is actually a very good gap-filler, so if you could support yourself and do some freelance jobs, that might work well on your resume. Then you could sell yourself by saying that you left to pursue opportunities to move your career in a different direction, which you followed by doing freelance work in that area, blah blah blah...

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

Heh, I don't know; I kind of want people to tell me it's OK to just pack up all my stuff and run to Canada, meself. But it does sound like you're in a position to leave this job and be fine, if it really does suck that hard. It's not like you're going to leave to be a hobo or something; you just want a job where you don't want to kill everybody with a spoon. And since doing so isn't going to cause you to be homeless and starving or something, I don't think that's too much to ask. *shrug*