After quitting without having another job lined up, this long-overdue vacation made me feel on edge. Compared to being busy at work, my heart feels even heavier. Within my field of vision, there have been waves of resignations. But where will these people end up going? I’ve read quite a few articles like Jumping ship too hastily is just jumping from one pit to another1, and one piece of advice stands out:
I also want to sound a warning to friends who are job hopping - even if you hate your current job, don’t just jump into another one casually. You must understand why you’re jumping, and think about what you want. If you really want to leave but truly haven’t found something suitable, it’s better to quit without a backup, be poor for a little while, than to enter a new pit. Because a new pit will make you feel even more desperate, and also damages your career stability.
I hope I can maintain my original intentions in these tides and wait for the truly suitable [pit] for me.
Here’s a list of what I’m doing during this vacation:
- Summarize knowledge points from previous work, distill them into writing. And clarify the unclear parts through learning.
- Look for a place to rent: The current apartment lease is expiring, hoping to find a comfortable place to live.
- Rest :)
Please ignore the tarot card part in the article - that’s the part I automatically skipped while reading too ↩︎