My fabulous husband gave notice at his job, so his last day is Friday. He doesn't have another offer lined up, or a detailed plan. In his words, he's "borrowing 2 years of retirement".
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I should be freaking out, right? ZOMG, primary breadwinner quit his job. How will I afford my Starbucks on my days of "leisure" that I'm not at my part-time job?
But I'm not stressing. In fact, I've been encouraging him to do it for a while. I'm of the opinion that if you're not happy, then you need to make a change. If you can't change your job to make you happy, then maybe you need a new one. Or some time off.
I don't subscribe to the "work until you're 62.5 and then sigh in relief when you retire" philosophy. 62.5 is a long way off, and that's a long time to toil in a job you dislike. What about finding a career that you *like* and maybe doing it past the standard retirement age? Or try out a few different career paths? Life is all about exploration, yo.
Of course, we'll be adjusting our lifestyle a bit. Our next Canlis dinner may be a long time from now. And I'll probably be making my iced soy chai at home, since it doesn't require any fancy equipment. I increased *my* hours at work to 25, which isn't much of a stretch since T's now in preschool 3 days, and I have the option to go back full time as needed.
But dude, I am *so* looking forward to trips to the zoo mid-week. And trading off toddler-care when it gets crazy up in here. And maybe restarting custom orders in my Etsy shop if I can convince the Mister to handle all the administrative stuff, so our throughput can be higher.
Hooray for being brave!
That is awesome! And brave! And amazing!
ReplyDelete@LauraC - I know! I am so proud of him. Also, a tiny bit jealous but I'm digging work right now, so not too much :D
DeleteHm, people seem to be leaving Google.
ReplyDeleteWe've got friends in Northern CA who have been able to take time off and enjoy it. Out here there's not much to do if there isn't work (and you're not into say, church), and definitely not as much to do for free. We're not quite ready to make that jump to CA yet... I'd like a bit more in the kitty before we move to a higher monthly housing payment.
Heh. We'd always find stuff to do, esp around the house. plus with summer coming, Seattle is a damn nice place to hang around outside at the dog park or whatever.
DeleteHere with summer coming... we won't be able to go outside. But that's why housing is so cheap.
DeleteGood for him! I know you'll make the best of it. :)
ReplyDelete:) Maybe we'll do a road trip to SoCal, too!!
DeleteWow - so exciting! It's a long way, but we have a nice guest room in the basement, if you don't mind rooming with my sewing machine and the fact that 1/2 of the closet is my fabric stash... (There's a full sized real-not-blow-up bed in there!)
ReplyDeleteThank you! We may take you up on it - I've never spent any time in Utah :)
DeleteHooray! I hope he figures out what he wants to do next, and has a lot of fun during his time off.
ReplyDeleteThe first plan is vacation, so we're definitely getting "fun" covered :)
ReplyDeleteYay for husband! I, like you, think life is way too short to work somewhere you hate. It took me a long time to get that through my thick noggin, but alas, it's there.
ReplyDeleteThis means maybe more crafty time...woot.
Wow, Anandi! A lot's been going on in your happening household! I should read people's posts more often.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the globe-trotting and baby-making.