thewackygenz

[thewackygenz]

What does taking steps back in your career feels like?!

Afterall, we have been aggressively taught to jump-and-run ahead. To stomp over others, turn a blind eye to the fallen and jump-&-run over everyone so that we reach the line first. With my internal dialogue already set in stone, I was jumping across from one post to the other every 6 months! Typical gen Z thing.

Only I realised the huge emptiness I felt within. Despite the figures hitting in every month or the fact that I had reputed names attached to my game. Why was I so incredibly sad inside?

Too sad to enjoy any of the laurels.

Too sad to sustain any of the achievements.

Too sad that getting out of bed every morning before work became a task of impairment. And finally one day, I hopped again. After 6 months. But this time, I didn't join a post/ a new reputed role. I went on a break. To figure out. I stopped from the race to figure out how to be wealthy instead of rich. How to be holistic instead of just showing off. Many might say “You must be privileged to do this” but the only privilege which I used was my awareness that something needs to be changed before it's too late. It's been 4 months since I quit my job. Have not found my thing. Not yet. I'm back in my hometown. Back with my old pals. The transition was therapeutic. The lack of a safety cushion is scary to the bone. My pals get bit stressed but I'm doing this for them too. What good are you if the things you thought would make you fulfilled actually depresses you?

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