Note to self: "Eh gusto mo yan eh! hahaha!"

Today, I’ll give myself a unique gift. The gift of liberation… the gift of letting go… and moving on.

I decided to quit my job. (I will need to render 30 days though…) for some, it might sound silly… But for me, it was the best birthday gift I could give myself. 

I have been thinking about this for the longest time, to leave office and go elsewhere…but there are just things that keep on pulling me back: Friends, great boss, incentives, familiarity with the environment and convenient schedule. (In that particular order. Ü) Oh yeah, those were the days… the good ‘ol days.

But now… things have changed big-time! It’s all: stress, memo-machine, so-so boss and oh-so-toxic schedule.

It was a tough decision though. Four years is still four years… It’s like almost half a decade of my life was spent in the company.

Well… who said that it’s gonna be easy?

And again, if I don’t do it now…I don’t think I will be able to do it anymore. I will just be stuck here forever; dragging myself to work everyday and eternally ranting about how stressful my job is.

And I don’t think that’s the career/work life that I would want to have…and I also don’t want to wake up one day, realize that this job is already taking hold of me and there’s nothing I can do about it. 

If I don’t have the fallback yet, it’s fine. (Its okay, God will make a way!)

At least, I am not yet at that point where everything is taking its toll on me. (Well…I think it’s almost there!)

And, I can still pat myself on the back; tell myself that I was brave enough to take that first step.

Who knows where will I be after this? I don’t. But whatever happens after this move, I am ready. I know I am. After all, it was my decision… one tough decision.

Note to self:  “Eh gusto mo yan eh! hahaha!”

 —————— this is very timely…i can’t help but re-post it. —————–

On this day, God wants you to know

… that decision is only wishful thinking until you take that first irreversible step. You can tell yourself that you have already decided, that nothing now can stop you, but if that step backwards is so much safer than step forwards, what will hold you true to your path when the going gets tough? Sometimes, the right thing to do is to take that first irreversible step, the one after which you cannot go back. And now, for you, is one of those times.