I Quit my Job - Comments

@ Lee Hi;
Right, it's so stressful! It's not really a long-term solution but I used to work at a doggy daycare center it's not WONDERFUL pay but its pretty good and as shitty as co-workers can be there sometimes, you get to play with dogs all day long so if your an animal person id highly recommend that to just get some income coming in!

@ dreaddeer
I really wanted to take a trip to Japan this year before I left for University in December but now I'm not sure if it's going to happen. I have about a month to get another job before I'm in trouble with my bills, but I definitely don't want another retail job. Customers just treat you like you're nothing and managers want you take it because they need the sales.

I just did the same thing with Target, our managers were saying we weren't worth our paychecks and it really messed me up as I consider myself a really good worker. I've been trying to find a new job now for a few weeks (not super active) but I have all this anxiety now because I've planned out all these trips for summer and although most of them are already fully paid for, I don't have much saved for extra expenses and I don't know where I want to work because I cant handle another job like that. so I totally feel you

@ Queen of Suburbia
Thank you for your comment. The job I quit was a retail job and it was my first one. I worked there for over two years. I loved some of my co-workers but that whole retail mentality of letting people walk all over you because the store needed the sales really got to me after a while. I've had times when I would just go in the break room and cried because of a customer or because I just felt so stuck. I also had a customer literally throw a shirt at my face because he didn't want it anymore.

I was really good at it, but I just didn't see the point in being verbally abused day after day with hours that were constantly changing. I know there's bad customers at every job but that one just came with a lot of unneeded stress from customers and managers.

YES. Me, right here. I left a job that I was miserable at, that I would wake my boyfriend up in the middle of the night having nightmares about and panic attack in the bathroom at work. It was my first job and I was terrified to quit. Then one day in the morning when I was the only employee to show up to work and was expected to do all six employees jobs alongside my manager (and yes, on any other day I would've), I walked out. I cried the entire way home but once I got home it was like a semi-sweet breath of fresh air. I had done it.
I kept on putting in applications the next week or so, and got a call back from a Kohl's 40 minutes away from my house for a part-time position. I kept that job for about a month until I found a part-time position as a veterinary technician 10 minutes away from my house.
I'm not going to say that the first 8 months wasn't a struggle as I worked part-time. My boyfriend and I had a few arguments. I would have to stretch $5 for my lunch for a week. I fell behind on my credit card payments, and my car payment a few times. But 2 years later and I'm finally coming out of debt, much happier than what I was.
It will be worth it, it just won't be easy. Best advice I can give with bills is to worry about your most important ones first; rent, electric, gas, etc. Realize that sometimes you might fall behind on the other ones like credit card bills. I talked to my credit card company and they actually worked out a reasonable payment plan. Most companies won't care how much you're paying them as long as it's something. And you might have to find a boring job for a month or so just to stay afloat. It's always hard at first to quit your job, but after that I kind of felt good about it.

I’ve quit my job before...multiple times. I don’t really recommend it. Being a quitter isn’t really a great thing. But then again, this is coming from someone who quits relentlessly...soooo But I do think that it is always good to follow your instincts. At the end of the day, this is your life. If you know you’re ready to leave and you can’t do it anymore: leave. That’s the great thing about life. We do get to make our own choices. I wish you the best in your endeavors! And keep your head up. I’ve quit college three times, I’ve been in the military, quit that, worked cleaning houses, quit that, worked at a grocery store, quit that, and now I’m working at a thrift store (trying to tell myself not to quit this, too). Every time I quit it just put me in a worse position then I would have been if I would have stayed. But I also don’t regret quitting any of these things, because it made me feel free. Whereas all of those things made me feel suffocated and unhappy. Sure, I was still unhappy after I quit because I didn’t know what the heck I was going to do next and the bills were (and are) piled up, but at least I wasn’t suffocating anymore. I think the best advice is to do what you love no matter what. Even if you are not able to make a living out of it. We all want to be able to live a happy life of our dreams, but sometimes I think life is just about living it. And maybe you will succeed. Who knows? But you have to try and you have to do what you love. Even while you’re doing something you don’t love just to support yourself. Do what you love wether you’re working a office job and your dream is to be a singer, so you sing at bars ok the weekends despite that your days are filled being a paper pusher, or you’re dream is to build your own boat and take it out to sea but you live in a crappy apartment. Do what you love no matter what. Or else you’ll feel miserable with your life. Or at least that’s my advice and take on things.

If it was bad for your mental health, it is not worth keeping. I'm glad you are taking steps to make yourself happy.