December 31, 2004 11:39 AM

It's 2005: Isn't it time you quit your job?
Posted by at 11:39 AM

For several years we've been reading how the employed are increasingly not overjoyed, sticking around the water cooler nevertheless because 1)They enjoy desperate illusions of job security 2)They need to have a job, any job, to make sure the mortgage, the kids & wife and life goes on 3)They simply can't get there, from here.

The answer of course is all of the above. Upheaving your life is tricky business. But life by design is messy business, and realizing that "you can do this yourself" can be an immensely freeing decision. It's true that your job sucks up 80% of your life, ties to your identity, and more practically, enables your livelihood. But it's your life, it's way too short to spend it coasting or in misery, so why not run with it?

To those ends U.S. News and World Report brings us this special series: 50 Ways to Fix Your Life, Set Your Priorities, Move to Bismarck, and last but not least, Quit Your Job. (Via Kottke)

Happy New Year and good job hunting. Despite what you hear things are improving out there. And afterall, The Big Help is just around the corner...
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