Quitting your job

[Decibellistics]

I have come to the realization that as an individual I can no longer compromise my mental health, energy, and happiness on a worthless aspect of life. I also will no longer allow myself to hope for and or on people in order to make a system work when you end up picking up the slack. Also, in turn, being **** on by higher than higher ups and not being allowed to fix the problem as it presents itself. I will no longer compromise myself by hoping that others will fix anything.....because it will not change.

I'm not saying I won't get another job to supplement income......but on my individual experience....this is what can and should be done in a lot of people's instances.....I will not watch my friends and myself destroy themselves because of it.

Also, no protest will ever work.
And besides, there is something far larger than anything we can even imagine, therefore.....**** it. Laughing is far more powerful. It's just a ride, so make the best of it. Don't ****ing compromise yourself hoping things will get better. Because they won't. So for Christ Sakes.......do it for yourself.

None of what you read on this forum is going to change anything. There is no ascension and there is no end of the world. You have to change it for yourself. It is a matter of principle on an individual level. Maybe if we all get really good at it we will turn into ants.

That is all. I love you and you are good people. Sorry for ranting :panda:

[TelosianEmbrace]

Hi Decibellistics! Sometimes we have to get feisty with the Universe and ourselves and lay it on the line! Work is over rated. My own experience- I was working for 3 and a half years packing and delivering bread, and every day getting only two lots of about three hours sleep each day. My health had nosedived. I had to do something, anything. So I planned to drive around Australia. I resigned, packed all my camping and diving gear into my little Toyota Echo and drove around Australia. I cage dived with Great White Sharks, drove across the Nullabor, dived with grey nurse sharks, whalesharks, drove through the Kimberleys... In short I had great time, and some pics (not for profit) of my journey can be seen here www.flickr.com/souldiver and the set to the right, top of page. Since then I have been living off savings and drawing a measly unemployment benefits allowance. It's difficult to be honest with a government that you know is not being honest with you. I know that in widely reading and becoming informed I am being far more productive than working on a production line or cleaning toilets. I attempt to cultivate an inner happiness, whatever I do. When stuff happens, having megabucks in the bank may just be an incredible handicap. I'll say that again. When stuff happens, having megabucks in the bank may just be an incredible handicap.
The hardest part of any journey is the next step. So, who's really got the balls to quit their job and start a new way of being, eh?;):cool:

[mosquito]

Power to you both !!!

[Warlock]

Decebellistics, I hear you.

My field of employment was killing me, and I really noticed it when my 40 hour work week was cut down to 16 hours a week.
After about a year and a half, my employer asked me to come back and work 32 hours a week. I slowly started getting ill due to the stress. I found a way to cut back to 18 hours a week and that's where I am now.
I will not go back to 32 hours, or even 24 hours.
It is just not worth it and I tell everyone to examine their lives and ask themselves if what is gained, is worth what is lost.
Now, if someone just loves what they do, then keep on keeping on and stay happy.

Warlock

[Warlock]

Hi Decibellistics! Sometimes we have to get feisty with the Universe and ourselves and lay it on the line! Work is over rated. My own experience- I was working for 3 and a half years packing and delivering bread, and every day getting only two lots of about three hours sleep each day. My health had nosedived. I had to do something, anything. So I planned to drive around Australia. I resigned, packed all my camping and diving gear into my little Toyota Echo and drove around Australia. I cage dived with Great White Sharks, drove across the Nullabor, dived with grey nurse sharks, whalesharks, drove through the Kimberleys... In short I had great time, and some pics (not for profit) of my journey can be seen here www.flickr.com/souldiver and the set to the right, top of page. Since then I have been living off savings and drawing a measly unemployment benefits allowance. It's difficult to be honest with a government that you know is not being honest with you. I know that in widely reading and becoming informed I am being far more productive than working on a production line or cleaning toilets. I attempt to cultivate an inner happiness, whatever I do. When stuff happens, having megabucks in the bank may just be an incredible handicap. I'll say that again. When stuff happens, having megabucks in the bank may just be an incredible handicap.
The hardest part of any journey is the next step. So, who's really got the balls to quit their job and start a new way of being, eh?;):cool:

Telosian,
That's great and I'm happy you were able to do this.
Slowly, but surely, I'm getting there as best as I can.

Warlock

[Dawn]

Good for you!!!! I did it, not once, but again 10 years later. And I had no apparent ground under my feet, yet I 'landed' in a new life that suits me perfectly at this time.

During the transition, when I was alone and homeless, I found that strangers came 'out of no where' from time to time and passed messages on to me. I think these were to encourage me at times when so much courage was needed. Someone I didn't know would just begin a conversation telling me all about when they quit everything and walked away from the apparent security of the matrix they had been in. Another person would just walk up to me and say, "I was told to tell you to keep up the good work. You are on the right path".

I now live outside the matrix and depend on it for very little. Every day is magical. I am so deeply happy ... and I am pretty sure I would have died in the immediate future if I had not had the courage to make the change.

It is my turn now to say to you, 'Keep up the good work!'. 'You are on the right path'.

[Samsara]

Thank you for this thought provoking thread. I see it as a sign telling me that yes, I can do it. Do what ? I do not know yet. But I've been feeling the contractions for a while now, a birth is coming. I do love some parts of my current job - the helping people part - but it still is in a box. I feel like a sheep. Being a black sheep amonst other sheeps does not suffice anymore. So thank you. Another step has been taken.

Peace and Love to All.

[DevilPigeon]

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I hate my job, and would welcome useful suggestions on how to "escape the system".... Which is easier said than done. I have a tiny amount of credit debt, no savings, rent my home, have no discernible skills per-se with which to move into something new.... Have no real hobbies... In short, I feel I'm stuck within a groove of the system, and it's pi**ing me off.

I sometimes wish that if I'm doomed to be reborn again into a similar existence, then next time I'd have the sense to do something worthwhile (purely from a self-interest perspective, learn to play darts & at least 3 instruments - guitar, piano, drums), in addition to being more selfless and compassionate in a general sense.

[the trojan]

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I hate my job, and would welcome useful suggestions on how to "escape the system".... Which is easier said than done. I have a tiny amount of credit debt, no savings, rent my home, have no discernible skills per-se with which to move into something new.... Have no real hobbies... In short, I feel I'm stuck within a groove of the system, and it's pi**ing me off.

I sometimes wish that if I'm doomed to be reborn again into a similar existence, then next time I'd have the sense to do something worthwhile (purely from a self-interest perspective, learn to play darts & at least 3 instruments - guitar, piano, drums), in addition to being more selfless and compassionate in a general sense.

theres a start... learn to play darts & at least 3 instruments - guitar, piano, drums
One thing I learned was that I could not completely stop work.
In my case I fist halved my hours and this suited me brilliantly,slightly more than half the money,but you find the loss made up in different ways.
Then I stopped completely and went to college to pursue an interest of mine to a professional academic level.(the hardest thing about this was biting my tongue at the control and heirarchy situations and the whole bull**** associated with bits of paper)
Then as myself and fellow students found out ,there are no jobs available in the field we had chosen.
So I became a house parent,fair enough.
The biggest problem I find is not having a daily social venue that earns money while you are there(its called a job!)
In order to say,go for a coffee on a daily basis would cost around £2.50 per day,£12.50 per week,and roughly £50 per month.....
So a job is needed in order to even go for a simple thing like a coffee.

Im sorry I am rambling.
What I meant to say was take small steps at first and you may find yourself where you want to be in a very short time.

[DevilPigeon]

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I hate my job, and would welcome useful suggestions on how to "escape the system".... Which is easier said than done. I have a tiny amount of credit debt, no savings, rent my home, have no discernible skills per-se with which to move into something new.... Have no real hobbies... In short, I feel I'm stuck within a groove of the system, and it's pi**ing me off.

I sometimes wish that if I'm doomed to be reborn again into a similar existence, then next time I'd have the sense to do something worthwhile (purely from a self-interest perspective, learn to play darts & at least 3 instruments - guitar, piano, drums), in addition to being more selfless and compassionate in a general sense.

theres a start... learn to play darts & at least 3 instruments - guitar, piano, drums
One thing I learned was that I could not completely stop work.
In my case I fist halved my hours and this suited me brilliantly,slightly more than half the money,but you find the loss made up in different ways.
Then I stopped completely and went to college to pursue an interest of mine to a professional academic level.(the hardest thing about this was biting my tongue at the control and heirarchy situations and the whole bull**** associated with bits of paper)
Then as myself and fellow students found out ,there are no jobs available in the field we had chosen.
So I became a house parent,fair enough.
The biggest problem I find is not having a daily social venue that earns money while you are there(its called a job!)
In order to say,go for a coffee on a daily basis would cost around £2.50 per day,£12.50 per week,and roughly £50 per month.....
So a job is needed in order to even go for a simple thing like a coffee.

Im sorry I am rambling.
What I meant to say was take small steps at first and you may find yourself where you want to be in a very short time.

Hi Trojan

I appreciate the advice, I really do.... And yes, probably small steps make big strides so to speak. But I'm impatient. Always have been. I've had 7 guitars (at least) over the years, and given up every time. I figured if I can't form a decent C chord after 2 weeks then it's not for me :) But still I persist, yet get nowhere. Darts is the same, I have a dartboard yet hit the wall more than the board. I guess I'm a failure at pretty much everything I'd like to be good at, yet can't think of anything else that may even resonate even slightly....

[the trojan]

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I hate my job, and would welcome useful suggestions on how to "escape the system".... Which is easier said than done. I have a tiny amount of credit debt, no savings, rent my home, have no discernible skills per-se with which to move into something new.... Have no real hobbies... In short, I feel I'm stuck within a groove of the system, and it's pi**ing me off.

I sometimes wish that if I'm doomed to be reborn again into a similar existence, then next time I'd have the sense to do something worthwhile (purely from a self-interest perspective, learn to play darts & at least 3 instruments - guitar, piano, drums), in addition to being more selfless and compassionate in a general sense.

theres a start... learn to play darts & at least 3 instruments - guitar, piano, drums
One thing I learned was that I could not completely stop work.
In my case I fist halved my hours and this suited me brilliantly,slightly more than half the money,but you find the loss made up in different ways.
Then I stopped completely and went to college to pursue an interest of mine to a professional academic level.(the hardest thing about this was biting my tongue at the control and heirarchy situations and the whole bull**** associated with bits of paper)
Then as myself and fellow students found out ,there are no jobs available in the field we had chosen.
So I became a house parent,fair enough.
The biggest problem I find is not having a daily social venue that earns money while you are there(its called a job!)
In order to say,go for a coffee on a daily basis would cost around £2.50 per day,£12.50 per week,and roughly £50 per month.....
So a job is needed in order to even go for a simple thing like a coffee.

Im sorry I am rambling.
What I meant to say was take small steps at first and you may find yourself where you want to be in a very short time.

Hi Trojan

I appreciate the advice, I really do.... And yes, probably small steps make big strides so to speak. But I'm impatient. Always have been. I've had 7 guitars (at least) over the years, and given up every time. I figured if I can't form a decent C chord after 2 weeks then it's not for me :) But still I persist, yet get nowhere. Darts is the same, I have a dartboard yet hit the wall more than the board. I guess I'm a failure at pretty much everything I'd like to be good at, yet can't think of anything else that may even resonate even slightly....
you just reminded me of my guitar playing endeavours.
I learned three chords and wrote a set of ten songs,formed a band around the songs and laughed...not all the way to the bank though.
just at how much fun i was having.I had convinced these true musicians that i was also a musician.(I come from the punk school of ethics)
where I live there is a strong musician contingent and everyone knows who what why and where...
I get invited to 'jam' sessions all the time and folk get riled when i refuse,and they dont believe me when i tell them," i can only play three chords! "

I would just like to add to the earlier conversation that i found it easier to look at my life when I broke it down into a seven day timetable,and I began to fill in all the blanks with stuff i would do on a daily basis,eating,cleaning,hygenic stuff etc....then all the weekly stuff i did,go to the library,visit people etc..
When you do it that way its easier to see what time you have left to fill.And its quite surprising how little time you seem to have and at others,how much you have left.
I know that a lot of people wish to escape the 24/7 9 to 5 etc.. but we do live at present in that setup and so do a lot of our friends and relations.
I tried to live in my own timezone and i just got lost and no longer was able to communicate with the others ( some may desire this very thing)....and it was me that was out of sync not them.
some systems can be useful.

[Solstice]

Devilpigeon... First off congrats for courage. Second, we trade our time on this world for money it really stinks. Hey just because guitar is not your thing and darts is a game best played when trashed doesn't mean you can,t do anything.

Now that you have some time to explore life or sit around and feel sorry for yourself I have to say. EXPLORE!! Go to the library,beach,lake dirt pile and chill...but sit on the ground...the ground not a puddle will tie you down and let your mind wander. I am absolutely sure you can do a million things way better than I can.

I played basketball...sucked at it
Baseball...sucked
Hockey...sucked
Lacrosse ...really sucked
Swimming...not so bad
Was an art major at school...sucked
Joined the Army..didn,t suck or I,d be dead but bad choice!
Salesman.. OK but questioned my place in the world.
Got fired...wow! Second chance. And here I am. Same as you maybe but 56.

I started to sculpt again and started meditating again and relearned what I already knew. I had to relearn that I didn,t need to buy coffee, make my own lunch...I guess just learn to not spend money earned by trading my life to be miserable.

You sound scared that's good! Welcome back to earth! You will be fine just open the eyes and turn off the pre recorded behavior they put in your head. Learn to be quiet. Love every moment and never sell out again.

[Tarka the Duck]

Hello DP! I am mentioning this as it is something I am currently looking at...I appreciate your freedom of choice is curtailed due to lack of funds :p but if you want a big change, maybe look at volunteering somewhere in the world? If you are interested in a big change and don't have too many commitments at home, it may be worth a thought? There are some good agencies out there that place volunteers with hosts in all sorts of workplaces - WWOOF and HelpX come to mind, but if course there are lots more.

[Tony]

I love your rant!
Phuckit....is a very advanced state!!!!
Change is happening all the time,
if we let it.

All the best
Tony

[mosquito]

Good for you!!!! I did it, not once, but again 10 years later.

And, in turn time to say to you - Good for you !!!!

It's so nice to hear stories like yours (even though it's only the nuts and bolts), I hope you stay happy for many year sto come. ;)