Incredibly insightful. Understanding quitting as a decision we make to open space for something/someone new resonates so much with me. Do you think that people’s attachment styles and/or personality styles can have an impact on their ability to quit? Thank you! Happy Holidays to you, Rachel.
The views expressed in this article resonates with me. I have often told people that in consideration of my professional growth, I have often not gotten those things I have labored for, rather I have been led or offered better things by providence (God), first disguised as difficult options. However, in my effort to escape toxicity or get off the drudgery associated with an unreciprocated toil , I take these unfamiliar options. Often, I accept these options with the simple pleasure and thanksgiving that they are even available. In reality however, they emerge as growth giving challenges, blessings in disguise.
I do agree though the part that comes after is a massive challenge.
I would say that before quitting, the only advice I can give is to look deeply at what it is that is making you miserable first. Is it fear of failure, not just oh this job is brining, but what is it deep down that is happening. There’s often a deeper level that you can begin to challenge that belief. You’ll probably still want to quit but you will actually have a better grasp of what’s going on so you either address it. Or don’t run into it again.
I spent 9 years being miserable in a job. I quit this year, I needed to even though I had nothing else line up. It came to me clearly one morning and I just did it. Now i am in the weird space where I am lost and no clue where I am going but in some ways it’s better. In many ways way more terrifying. Not sure what will happen next, whether I’ll have success but it has allowed my brain START to go in new directions. I think I’ve got years of recovery ahead, no idea because I didn’t have the head space to work it out and still don’t 🫠
Incredibly insightful. Understanding quitting as a decision we make to open space for something/someone new resonates so much with me. Do you think that people’s attachment styles and/or personality styles can have an impact on their ability to quit? Thank you! Happy Holidays to you, Rachel.
The views expressed in this article resonates with me. I have often told people that in consideration of my professional growth, I have often not gotten those things I have labored for, rather I have been led or offered better things by providence (God), first disguised as difficult options. However, in my effort to escape toxicity or get off the drudgery associated with an unreciprocated toil , I take these unfamiliar options. Often, I accept these options with the simple pleasure and thanksgiving that they are even available. In reality however, they emerge as growth giving challenges, blessings in disguise.
I do agree though the part that comes after is a massive challenge.
I would say that before quitting, the only advice I can give is to look deeply at what it is that is making you miserable first. Is it fear of failure, not just oh this job is brining, but what is it deep down that is happening. There’s often a deeper level that you can begin to challenge that belief. You’ll probably still want to quit but you will actually have a better grasp of what’s going on so you either address it. Or don’t run into it again.
I spent 9 years being miserable in a job. I quit this year, I needed to even though I had nothing else line up. It came to me clearly one morning and I just did it. Now i am in the weird space where I am lost and no clue where I am going but in some ways it’s better. In many ways way more terrifying. Not sure what will happen next, whether I’ll have success but it has allowed my brain START to go in new directions. I think I’ve got years of recovery ahead, no idea because I didn’t have the head space to work it out and still don’t 🫠