I retired at the end of 2018 after a 42-year career in insurance with the same company. Those were 30 of the best years of my life! I had to get thoroughly miserable before I could bring myself to retire. I gave six months notice. During those 6 months I returned to journaling to try to understand why I was so deeply conflicted about retirement. I could not understand why it would be a cause for celebration. It felt like a failure to me. I now journal daily as part of living my best creative life. The timing of my retirement worked out perfectly. I wish I’d had this book to read at the time.
Seven years ago, I quit a daily newspaper's newsroom where I'd been a reporter and editor for 30 years. I was 54 and did not have a plan for the next thing I'd do. I wandered around for a couple of years and then started a nonprofit news outlet online.
I’ve been doing the daily jigsaw puzzle on my iPad religiously for a few years now. On vacation recently, my friend and I bought an actual real-life jigsaw puzzle! By the time I got home I had quit the iPad and pulled out a fresh puzzle and have been working it since.
I have to disagree with Julia's definition of quiet quitting. I've seen it used most often in the sense of: I will do the job I am paid to do, no more, no less. I will not give 125% when I'm being paid for 100%.
My current employer has me put 9 apps on my personal phone (I am not reimbursed for this) so I have the 'opportunity' to be engaged constantly. It's my choice to log in or not, but if I'm not checking the numerous message apps and I miss something, it's MY fault, right? And I'm not a doctor or lawyer, where serious business is at hand, I'm a salesperson in a department store.
I enjoy my job AT WORK, and I am committed to doing the best job I can. But for me, the extra demands on my time are asking for that 125%. And a lot of us don't feel that that's necessary. That's quiet quitting to me.
I retired at the end of 2018 after a 42-year career in insurance with the same company. Those were 30 of the best years of my life! I had to get thoroughly miserable before I could bring myself to retire. I gave six months notice. During those 6 months I returned to journaling to try to understand why I was so deeply conflicted about retirement. I could not understand why it would be a cause for celebration. It felt like a failure to me. I now journal daily as part of living my best creative life. The timing of my retirement worked out perfectly. I wish I’d had this book to read at the time.
I'm always grateful when your writing arrives. Thank you.
Seven years ago, I quit a daily newspaper's newsroom where I'd been a reporter and editor for 30 years. I was 54 and did not have a plan for the next thing I'd do. I wandered around for a couple of years and then started a nonprofit news outlet online.
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I’ve been doing the daily jigsaw puzzle on my iPad religiously for a few years now. On vacation recently, my friend and I bought an actual real-life jigsaw puzzle! By the time I got home I had quit the iPad and pulled out a fresh puzzle and have been working it since.
I have to disagree with Julia's definition of quiet quitting. I've seen it used most often in the sense of: I will do the job I am paid to do, no more, no less. I will not give 125% when I'm being paid for 100%.
My current employer has me put 9 apps on my personal phone (I am not reimbursed for this) so I have the 'opportunity' to be engaged constantly. It's my choice to log in or not, but if I'm not checking the numerous message apps and I miss something, it's MY fault, right? And I'm not a doctor or lawyer, where serious business is at hand, I'm a salesperson in a department store.
I enjoy my job AT WORK, and I am committed to doing the best job I can. But for me, the extra demands on my time are asking for that 125%. And a lot of us don't feel that that's necessary. That's quiet quitting to me.