Brave, or foolhardy?
Jan. 10th, 2007 11:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trinityofonePRO 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.
+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.
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Date: 2007-01-10 09:12 pm (UTC)But! The one tiny piece of advice I do have is this: Have a plan for the time you're out of work, especially if you expect it to be a few months. Saying, (breezily) that you took three months to yourself to write the bulk of your novel or build up your free-lance resume before you committed to a full-time employer again or even "do some traveling" (PegB can totally be written off as, "I went to Europe,") sounds a lot better than, "I really just needed a month off to watch all of SG-1," which is totally what I would be doing right now if I wasn't in school. It doesn't even matter if you didn't quite finish the novel or get all that much free-lance done, as long as you look at the time as productive and can describe that.
The great irritation of my life is that the more free time I have, the less I do with it, so be sure to enjoy yourself. :)