I Quit My Job…

And I Should Start By Saying:

I will be fully, totally, and completely Fine.

My job wasn’t one that I completely hated - I actually loved it and saw myself growing within the organization for years to come. But, the funny thing is, it’s not my plan or timing that I’m working on. If you believe in a higher power, the powers that be, or the universe, then you know that a lot of life depends on your actions and hard work, but that a lot more of your life will depend on you being where you’re supposed to be when you’re supposed to be there.

Leaving my job, my comfort, was a lesson in choosing myself for once.

Normally, I’ll stay in a situation until it just about kills me out of fear of letting someone down, or diverting from my master plan. This usually results in me being miserable, allowing my job performance and good name to suffer, and then eventually the worst form of burn-out. In this instance however, I was faced with something a little different that I tried to work through in a number of ways. And, from that, I truly learned a life lesson that I will not soon forget:

“business as usual” is no excuse to endure bad treatment.

If you notice that you’re being treated unfairly, disproportionately, or in a manner that’s not consistent with how you should be based on your role and the role of the person mistreating you, then you have every right to advocate for yourself!

Advocating for myself in this instance meant that I wasn’t allowing the lies of someone else to go uncorrected; it meant that I wasn’t going to take it when those lies were passed on to higher-ups without having the truth at least mentioned by me (and supporting documentation); and, it meant that I wasn’t going to sit by and allow someone else’s complex about me be the view that is left with everyone else in the office.

I left on my terms because I wasn’t being treated well. Oddly, this choice, though scary, left me with way more good feelings than bad ones.

I’ve worked so hard in my life so that I can avoid having to stay in situations that make me largely unhappy. I’ve gotten the amount of experience and education [at everything] that I’ve gotten so that if I were ever faced with a bad work environment or a bad leader, I wouldn’t have to keep my name associated with such things. So my leaving was just me walking the walk and talking the talk.

I trust myself and my own motivations to know that I’ll be just fine!

So, yeah, I may have quit my job, but I’ve never been more proud of myself for choosing myself than I am now. For that, I’m thankful!

/B