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The Super Obvious Sign That It’s Time To Quit Your Job
And why you deserve to be awake
I couldn’t figure it out for the life of me: I was eating healthy, going to the gym every day, meditating, staying hydrated, and otherwise ticking every single checkbox for general well-being. I had a low-stress commute. I didn’t drink a ton of coffee. I didn’t have adrenal fatigue, massive anxiety, or an eyelid twitch. I felt great when I got to work in the morning, and when I got home in the evening, I had a spring in my step.
But in the middle, I was fighting to keep my eyes open. I never — to my knowledge — actually fell asleep at work, but it got to the point where I was pinching myself to try to stay awake.
A little context: I had been thinking about quitting my job to be a Full Time Writer. Now, keep in mind that everyone warns you not to be a Full Time Writer. There are many articles by writers who quit their day jobs and ended up hating it. Too much tedium, too much pressure, too much economic uncertainty! Too much time to gaze into one’s navel! Much healthier to have some element of front-facing life in which one has to put on office attire and make small talk about whatever holiday is coming up.
