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I finally resigned today!
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mindehankins
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- Location: Western NY State
I'm in the same boat as Waterguy. Got to wait 3-5 years to be free to do what I want. But then I'll draw a good pension and I'll be free to do what I want to do.
Connie,
Follow your soul, and your heart and do what you really are into. You love working with people! I'd advise going to a career counselor. It's cheap and they give you great leads. Join your Chamber of Commerce and go to their Leads group meetings. Get involved in your community either with volunteer work or something other. It often leads to a new beginning. Another great place to start is your local hospital. Many connections there. You will be so much happier in another "life" commitment.
Keep us posted!
Connie,
Follow your soul, and your heart and do what you really are into. You love working with people! I'd advise going to a career counselor. It's cheap and they give you great leads. Join your Chamber of Commerce and go to their Leads group meetings. Get involved in your community either with volunteer work or something other. It often leads to a new beginning. Another great place to start is your local hospital. Many connections there. You will be so much happier in another "life" commitment.
Keep us posted!
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bubblybrenda
- Posts: 549
- Joined: Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:57 pm
- Location: Vancouver, BC
Congratulations on following your gut and getting yourself out of there. No amount of money is worth sacrificing good mental health.
Here's a little inspirational story to show you what's possible if you believe.
This past year a friend did as you just did. Walked into the office one day and gave her 2 weeks notice after a 35-yr-career in law. No forethought, just got fed up and decided on the spur of the moment. She's on her own, no other income to rely on, no clue how she was going to pay her rent but she did it. And being a positive thinker she manifested her new reality working in a heritage home, with plenty of time to practise her love of painting and conversing with paying guests. Shopped her paintings around the community and offered to hang them for free in businesses and restaurants and she is selling them and making sufficent money to live on. She managed to make it all happen in less than 10 months. Where there's a will there's a way and when one door closes another, usually much better, door opens.
Good for you for looking after yourself, Connie.
Here's a little inspirational story to show you what's possible if you believe.
This past year a friend did as you just did. Walked into the office one day and gave her 2 weeks notice after a 35-yr-career in law. No forethought, just got fed up and decided on the spur of the moment. She's on her own, no other income to rely on, no clue how she was going to pay her rent but she did it. And being a positive thinker she manifested her new reality working in a heritage home, with plenty of time to practise her love of painting and conversing with paying guests. Shopped her paintings around the community and offered to hang them for free in businesses and restaurants and she is selling them and making sufficent money to live on. She managed to make it all happen in less than 10 months. Where there's a will there's a way and when one door closes another, usually much better, door opens.
Good for you for looking after yourself, Connie.
~Brenda~
We get to STT on June 2 = June 13th, so I'm thinking it's crazy to get a job now and then have to tell "them" that I have a 11 day vacation.
My brother has come through for me. He's a chief of police close by and the township manager needs somebody for a month, so that will be interesting, plus just to get your foot in the door in any township is a big thing. Maybe I'll find something there.
People, including everyone on this forum have been amazing. I feel so much better today after getting calls from my former co-workers. They all said I did the right thing. Makes me feel good.
Now I'm just cleaning the house, organizing and taking care of the needs of my 88 year old Mother.
I'm determed to stay happy and be happy and just try to relax for awhile. It's been incredible stressful for us, going on 6 years (another sad story), but I think some people up there are looking out for me. They should be, I've been praying to them forever!
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My brother has come through for me. He's a chief of police close by and the township manager needs somebody for a month, so that will be interesting, plus just to get your foot in the door in any township is a big thing. Maybe I'll find something there.
People, including everyone on this forum have been amazing. I feel so much better today after getting calls from my former co-workers. They all said I did the right thing. Makes me feel good.
Now I'm just cleaning the house, organizing and taking care of the needs of my 88 year old Mother.
I'm determed to stay happy and be happy and just try to relax for awhile. It's been incredible stressful for us, going on 6 years (another sad story), but I think some people up there are looking out for me. They should be, I've been praying to them forever!
)"Paradise...it's a state of mine"
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Tracy in WI
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- Joined: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:39 am
- Location: Wisconsin
Well, since you've already resigned, I'll say best wishes and I hope that it works out to your liking.
If the post had been written while you were still just considering resigning, I might have said that's it not a good time to leave a job without having another one in place. We know people who have been out of work for a couple of years after being laid off. They've been unable to find any job, not just something comparable to what they had. This can lead to foreclosure, to tapping into retirement funds, and to a level and kind of stress, depression and real fear that they've never known or imagined. Being unemployed and in real financial crisis can make having a job that I'm unhappy with seem like the good old days. A good motto for these times might be to hang onto your job if you got one. Leaving a job now is taking a serious risk. Things do often have a way of working out, but these days there are a lot of people for whom things aren't working out. In fact things are going very badly for a lot of people.
But you've already resigned, so I hope you enjoy the summer and that new opportunities come your way soon.
If the post had been written while you were still just considering resigning, I might have said that's it not a good time to leave a job without having another one in place. We know people who have been out of work for a couple of years after being laid off. They've been unable to find any job, not just something comparable to what they had. This can lead to foreclosure, to tapping into retirement funds, and to a level and kind of stress, depression and real fear that they've never known or imagined. Being unemployed and in real financial crisis can make having a job that I'm unhappy with seem like the good old days. A good motto for these times might be to hang onto your job if you got one. Leaving a job now is taking a serious risk. Things do often have a way of working out, but these days there are a lot of people for whom things aren't working out. In fact things are going very badly for a lot of people.
But you've already resigned, so I hope you enjoy the summer and that new opportunities come your way soon.
Hi Connie!
Just want to send you congratulation for your courage. Hope you will be able to find something better in your future life.
Some years ago I did the same. We have got a new branch manager, which I didn’t like, the job was very stressing and for a long period, I wasn’t happy. So I quit the job, and told why I did it.
Before I left the branch manager was moved to another place, and my colleagues asked me, if I regretted and perhaps would like to stay. But I wouldn’t. And today I’m so happy for my decision.
I worked part time in different jobs, took a new education, didn’t earn so much money as before, but I tried many other things and met new people, I never would have met in my old job. So I wouldn’t have been without these years in my life.
I wish and hope that you will experience the same.
Linne
Just want to send you congratulation for your courage. Hope you will be able to find something better in your future life.
Some years ago I did the same. We have got a new branch manager, which I didn’t like, the job was very stressing and for a long period, I wasn’t happy. So I quit the job, and told why I did it.
Before I left the branch manager was moved to another place, and my colleagues asked me, if I regretted and perhaps would like to stay. But I wouldn’t. And today I’m so happy for my decision.
I worked part time in different jobs, took a new education, didn’t earn so much money as before, but I tried many other things and met new people, I never would have met in my old job. So I wouldn’t have been without these years in my life.
I wish and hope that you will experience the same.
Linne