Quitsville

A couple of things happened yesterday which, while relatively minor, have acted as a fillip for me to leave my job. So today I quit.

The two issues aren’t worth going into here, but they confirmed that there is nothing for me here. And that, despite a healthy pay packet, it doesn’t make sense to stay in job which makes me unhappy.

Besides, I have money in the bank, have some pretty transferable and marketable skills, and the job market is picking up. A woman I used to work with just picked up some contract work that I could do with my eyes closed, and gets a tidy $100 per hour. You don't need too many assisgnments like that to crank out a decent income.

In the short term, I really want to do some more travel. My trip to Cambodia confirmed that a) I love travelling 2) visiting exotic countries isn’t as tough as I thought it might be and I need to challenge myself and d) I want to spend a decent amount of time away- 2 weeks just doesn’t cut it. So I'm gonna look at some options.

The big question, of course, is what I do with myself when I get back.

I’d like to seriously look at doing some writing, not necessarily professionally, but at least see how far I can take it. In the interim I suppose I could do some short term contracting. What else? Volunteer work, become a lawyer, professional bodybuilder?