Just Quit and Live

 

Here I am again. Leaving a 9 – 5 (this one was a 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. which is one reason to go…what normal person wants to start work at 7:00 a.m. even if it is WFH? ) 

Here I am again. Wondering why most people tolerate all the stuff that happens in Corporate America. 

Here I am again. Looking at my spreadsheet and thinking yeah I can do this.  I have enough money to do this.  

Here I am again. Ready and willing to go where the wind and spirit leads me. 

Here I am this time. With more experience. 

Here I am this time.  Eighteen years later from the last time I “just quit”. 

Here I am this time. Blogging the experience.

Here I am this time. Knowing this time there is no going back to working to make someone else rich for exchange for a check and health benefits. (This seems so ludicrous to me!!!)  If I do nothing else with this insurance license I will help people who feel chained to their jobs because of health insurance. 

Here I am this time.  Knowing the harder I work, the more real people I will help and the more money I will make. 

Here I am this time.  Knowing I’ve got one more shot to leave a legacy that will catapult the next several generations to the top. 

Now. I will do this. 

Now.  I will thrive. 

Now. I will soar. 

Now. I will look back and be grateful I’ve been blessed with what I call “the knowing” and brave enough to trust it. 

Here I am again. Here I am this time. Now.

~M. R. Williams a.k.a. Ridea

Working From Home

It’s almost been two years and many are still working from home.

It’s a 20 steps commute.

There’s no more packing a lunch.

No more matching assessories with clothes.

No more starting the car when it’s cold.

There are WebEx meetings.

There is just work.

No listening to conversations that you don’t want to hear.

All of the “nonsense” is cut out.

There is just work.

And if you don’t like the work…Just Quit and find other work or something else.

 

You Are Not Crazy and You Are Not Alone

It is 2021. It is almost December 2021.

It is a time when many have to make a decision to Just Quit their jobs because of a Covid Vaccine Mandate.

Just Quitting a Job is a decision that I made almost 20 years ago. It is a decision that is facing me again, but today’s decision seems ominous. It seems sinister. It is not singular. It is a decision a mass number of people have to make at the same time. Just Quitting is not an easy decision because it is life changing. For those in the throws of making the decision think of three things:

1. What would you do if you weren’t afraid of change?
2. What are your dreams for yourself and your family, and how will your decision impact those dreams?
3. On your death bed which decision will you be happy that you made?

Think on these things today and know that to Just Quit and Live Your Life can be a beautiful thing.

(As I type this I realize how very much this blogging platform has changed since I’ve blogged! I also probably need to change the name of this site to Just Quit and Live)

Be Creative When You Work The "Just Quit" Steps...Connect the Dots

The job I have is making me sick, physically sick just thinking about being there makes me ill.

It’s where hard work is ignored and politics are constantly at play.

It’s a place that discourages development and growth of its team and encourages “top down” mechanics under the guise of being a company run on new age defining principles.

It’s a place where I feel creatively stifled even though I have a creative role.

I have no desire to work within the field I’m in anymore and there is so much more to life that I have true interest in.

~Worker Living in CALIFORNIA

In many of the “Just Quit” Steps we have the opportunity to be creative.

Go back to the Steps and think creatively.

You will be amazed at what happens.

You will almost forget all about the crap that is going on at work.

You might even be grateful for it all. Grateful that it has brought you to this point.

The more creative you are working the Steps the more excited you will become at the endless possibilities of the way forward.

Get creative when you work the Steps.

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

 

10,000 Survey Responses Reached!

We now have reached the 10K mark on the “Just Quit” Your Job Survey.

Thank you to everyone over the years who have freely participated and shared their stories.

Below are the results:

Just Quit Your Job Survey Results as of 4/4/21

Letting Go of Negative Emotions with "Shhhh"

Even if you are not angry, stressed, or frustrated right now,

  you have been in the past.

Those past negative emotions are “stored” in the major organs of your body.

Its time to breathe out these negative emotions.

Do you want to know how?

Breathe in deeply and slowly through your nose

…now…

Breathe out through your mouth making the sound “sshhh” all the way until the end of the breath.

This is an ancient form of detox that works on both the emotional and physical levels. It  will not only release stored negative emotions, but it will calm down your mind and all its chatter.

Try it – It works!

Hold On? (Knowing When or If To Let Go)

“Hold on when the world ain’t treating you good, you gotta hold on.  When everybody’s looking at you funny, you gotta hold on.”

~Alabama Shakes Lead Singer Brittany Howard

 

It’s the fall season.

Look at the trees as the leaves change colors.

It’s an entire process.

Part of that process is that some leaves fall before others.

 All the leaves don’t fall at the same time.

Some hold on until the very end.  They let go when it’s their time to let go.

Sometimes you need to continue to hold on until it is time to let go.  

If you let go too soon you’ll look back, you’ll have regrets, you’ll wonder if you did the right thing.

Sometimes holding on until you’re pretty sure, is the best course to take in certain situations.

(The below is an Alabama Shakes song , she’s singing about holding on until something changes…not necessarily to hold on, then let go…but you get the point, right?)

• In the Letting Go Process you have to first Hold On to see if and when you need to let go….

• You’ll have to Wait and determine if you need to let go or exactly when you need to let go….

• You have to listen to  the Wisdom of the Ages or to family and friends who have “gone on” and are “up above” saying; “WAIT”…even when you don’t WANT to wait…even when you really want to let go…just wait…hold on…

  Letting Go is a Process

  Watch Nature – Watch the Leaves During This Fall Season If You Want To Learn How to Let Go

   Remember Letting Go Is Not Giving Up, It’s Dying to What Is to Let Come What Could Be