I left a dead-end and soul-sucking job without anything planned. I did stay at that job for 7 years so I had already learned as much as I could. Some of my rea

I left a dead-end and soul-sucking job without anything planned. I did stay at that job for 7 years so I had already learned as much as I could. Some of my reasoning for leaving was that it was much better for my mental health for me to leave and also, I would have some good job prospects since I had already gained 7 years of experience from it. I took a month off to recharge and reset mentally and then I began my job search. After about a month, I was lucky enough to find a good job that was a better fit for my interests. My network did help me out during this difficult transition. So I'd recommend having a good network for such a move. I was also a little bit lucky since it was through my network that I came to know of my new company and so if not for my network then I probably would have had a much more difficult time in getting a better job and in worse case, I could have been unemployed for a long-time. I did take the risk though because I was already at the a low point during that time. I guess sometimes that works out but it was indeed a risky thing for me to do as well.