Comments on: Why did I quit?

By: ..

.. — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:49:32 +0000

[…] Burnout is the easiest explanation for the quit, but there is a long story behind that explanation. I regret the loss of our savings, the boredom, the floundering as a bad waiter, the almost but not quite bartending. But do I regret the quit? No, not at all. It was necessary. […]

By: chutney

chutney — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 05:01:23 +0000

Fatty,

I suspect you’re right. But I’ve spent so long believing that work must not only fulfill me but also fulfill those I work for that your way of thinking is still hard for me to wrap my head around. Perhaps I’ll get there before much longer.

And your two cents are always appreciated, half crazed or otherwise. ;-)

By: Fatty

Fatty — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:01:23 +0000

I hate to be one that breaks up the party here, but working for a living isnt always about finding happiness in life. It’s about providing for yourself, your family and your future. If you can do that and it also be something you love then you’ve got the best situation in the world. I’d bet one of my two male organs that less than 10 percent of the people I know do what they love for a living and make ends meet doing it. I decided that putting my time in at work and then engaging in the things I love that give me joy, happiness, since of well being etc, on my own time, was the only way I was going to get by in the world without walking the streets. It works for me, and it works pretty well. I’ve got a good job that pays me decently. I dont wake up in the morning jumping for joy that I get to put in 8 hours behind a desk, but I do think about all the things I get to do because I put my 8 hours in behind this desk. This of course is my half crazed, over paid, and unasked for two cents.

By: CP

CP — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 02:54:15 +0000

Heh, I can totally relate to the “this sucks, but I can’t leave” thing you had going on in Boston. Apparently I had it too ;)

I’m really close to where you’re at now. I needed the stability of an IT job at a university after all the turmoil of my pre-Oklahoma life. But now, I need to move on and be creative and inspired again. Not exactly sure how to do that, but I’m floating some ideas. Maybe start a coffeehouse/music hall, maybe get a masters in Composition and go on to teach. But I do really value the web design skills I’ve gained over the last 5 years.