I QUIT MY JOB 4 months back.
Speaking this from a privileged perspective, I worked for a few years, had enough savings to be self sufficient. I felt burn out because of job, feeling existential, feeling like I wasn’t doing enough of what I want to do, living away from family &

it got overwhelming. This break was necessary for me but isn’t advisable if you easily spiral and drown into your own self destructive thoughts This is a thread about how people REACT in a society, when someone does something non linear than what is taught to us. It’s going to be

all sorts of negative and passive aggressive (just a disclaimer)
Here it goes

Type A. “If you have enough funds and you think this is what you need right now please take a break, its not the end of the world”
These people were very close to me and I decided to keep them closer

Type B. “26 ke umar me burn out? Ye kya hota hai? Humko to kabhi nai hua?? Abhi to tujhe shadi bacho ke sath job karna hai abhi se thakk gayi???”
Han bsdk tera khana teri biwi banati hai kapde teri ma sukhati hai chup bhadwe.

Type C. “Back up ke bina???” (This is logical)
Me: “but few YEARS tak chale utna savings hai mere paas, mujhe bas 3 MONTHS break chahiye then I’ll get back to working again”
Them: “Ye sab dimag me hota hai, itna soch mat chup chaap job kar”

Dard bhara sigh.

Type D. “You were so ambitious what happened to you? You used to work 12-13 hrs a day ab kaam ke alawa kya karegi?”

Isiliye to burn out hui na chadarmod
Wish I had maintained some work life balance

Type E. These peeps constantly try and be part of what’s going on but they haven’t shared any of their personal problems w you. The gossipers. Unko bas tea chahiye. It sounds extremely negative of me to say this but sadly this kind of people exist

Type F. They ask people around you who are close to you and go, “Are wo pagal valag to nai ho gayi break up ke baad? Isliye to nahi chhod diya job bhi?”
To that fucker precisely:
“Aur bhi dukh hai zamane me mohabbat ke siwa,
Rahate aur bhi hai vasl ki rahat ke siva”

Type G. The kind who can’t accept the fact that transition periods are fine, they’re constantly running to the next thing. They give you one liners on a daily basis like,
“Ab job dhunda?
Ab business ka bol rahi wo kiya?
To tu karti kya hai?
Aage ka kuch socha?”

Giu peace

Type H. The ones who mock you by saying “haha tere aish hai, teri jaisi life mujhe bhi chahiye”

Break lene ke liye savings chahiye, jo mere paas hai. Karle savings, lele meri life, ro le din ke 4 ghante, social anxiety build karle, koi thoda bhi baat kare toh push them away.

Type I. The ones who try to scare you by using the ‘rat race’ example. “Sab aage nikal jayenge, senior/Manager position pe pohoch jayenge and tu abhi break le rahi”

Hanji le rahi, position and power means nothing to me, my happiness and peace means everything to me.

Type J. Who shame you indirectly by saying things like “Ajeeb kamchori aayi hai terko, sugar daddy dhundegi? Gharwalo ko bol rich ladka dhundke shadi karva le”

Sickening. I don’t have words for this. You don’t know me enough if you’re gonna say this to me.

Type K. These people are the ones who give enough crap to the HOMEMAKERS. Like in past, some people used to not like it when women had careers and won’t stay home? These peeps are just a version of that batch but they’re batting for the other side.

Live and let live maybe?

Type L: New people you meet during this transition phase, they haven’t seen you hustle, they’ve just met this laid back person who wants to chill, watch movies, read, have fun and they immediately perceive you as, “isse life me kuch nahi hoga”

Sucks but can’t blame them :/

It’s so weird that people respect you based on your job/work? Imagine internalizing capitalism so much that you decide someone’s entire worth on it. Also, capitalism is biased towards smart people so, if you’re average AND ambitious toh good luck in life LOL.

For someone who has never quit anything in life, quitting was toughest for me, believe me when I say this, I let myself down more than you thought I let you down for quitting. I had to quit because of the breakdowns on a daily basis and no I didn’t feel like telling you sorry.

This thread is heavily about log kya kahenge. Most of us don’t give a shit about it and I’m proud but it still gets to some of us. I’ll cut this crap and tell you what happened during this “break”.
1st month was me feeling like a loser for quitting, it was tough to even get out

of bed
2nd month was when I realized its fine and I should just stop meeting people & do things I like to feel better (scuba diving, eating right, exercising, reading about things that matter to me)
3rd month: was when Covid-19 happened and it took a toll on everyone and every

opportunity I had eyes on had shut doors & rightfully so. So, I started setting side hustles hence creating multiple income.
4th month was when I started applying for jobs and JUST GOT A AN OFFER FROM FORTUNE 500 company!

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I’ve seen people do tougher things in life w/o getting burned out. If you’re like me who gets easily overwhelmed but have a hand to mouth scenario & can’t take a break, I’m sorry. If theres anything I can do please lmk & know that I’m very proud of you & you’re very strong
Peace