The great resignation

So we have all heard it, some are thinking about it and some have done it. The great resignation. The wave of people all resigning because they want something different. Well I decided to do it. To take the plunge. This is the start of my first week being unemployed. I resigned from my job. I resigned to make space for new adventures. New opportunities. To write a book. I have always wanted to write a book. However, a career takes up a lot of space in life and leaves little room for other alternate career exploration, especially when there is family around. You only have so many hours in a day and between family and career, there are not a lot left to pursue a second career. So I finally decided that now is the time to try. This is the first week of starting my new writing career. I do not know if I will be successful or not, but I will never know if I don’t try. So today, I am a writer.

So far the most difficult part was making the decision. The actual hard decision to leave a career that provides security and income. A career that I enjoy. A job that I have been at for almost fifteen years now. It is very scary. I read an article on how to quit your job and the first step was “Be Brave”. Having done it, I would say that is the most difficult step. The whole process was also very emotional. Fifteen years is a long time. Our colleagues becomes our family, a family with all of its ups and downs. My first day off (last Friday) I spent resting. Plagued with a headache and nausea that would not go away. I am guessing it was from a release of stress and emotion.

Now, today? I am writing. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to just start writing so quickly. But as soon as I had my computer in hand, finishing some things on my personal to do list, I just started. I just started to write. I have already written a couple of chapters which was what encouraged me to begin this journey in the first place. But now I was worried I had no more stories or memories left to write. However, the memories and stories are coming.

Now I have decided that I should share my journey, my adventure. I find it very inspiring and helpful to read the stories of other people who are facing the same desires, questions or feelings that I am facing. So I will share my journey and maybe insprire others along the way.

Today is my first day as Angie, the writer.