I Did It

Yes I did! About four months ago I got up from my desk and walked off my job and walked away from my career. I didn't give them any notice. I hadn't even planned on it or thought about it until I did it, but I finally had enough. I was a computer programmer and I was really, really good at it. I had a lot of knowledge and I was willing to share that knowledge with others. It was a new job and I was treated like crap... it wasn't just me, they treated all their employees that way, but we had to act cheerful all the time and pretend like it was this fabulous, amazing place to work and I just couldn't any more so I just walked out.

I was the breadwinner in the family. My husband is disabled and I had been nursing him back to health and I had absolutely no idea what we were going to do for money. It turns out that what my husband needed most of all was a chance to save me. I had been saving him for years and, while he needed saving, it was really hard for him. He went out and got a job and he is so happy. It has been good for him both mentally and physically.

I stay home all day now. I clean the house and I cook. He works so hard all day and I want him to come home to a happy place and a delicious dinner. I am also working on becoming an artist. I have had all of these ideas in my head for years and now I finally have the opportunity to work on them.

It is hard. I know that they were actually glad to get rid of me. I was too experienced and kept telling them what they were doing wrong. They wanted inexperienced people who knew nothing and would shut up and do as they were told. I had a weird feeling about the company and two weeks after I left they were fined millions of dollars for cheating the government. I am sure that won't be the last time that happens. But it is still hard when everything you've worked for all your life in your career ends up meaning nothing.

I am trying to focus on the future and building a home and a new career that finally mean something.