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I’m sitting here on the subway to meet up with friends in nyc. It’s been almost a year since I left my last job. Almost two years since my divorce. I quit my l
by bradlys 3y ago
I’m sitting here on the subway to meet up with friends in nyc. It’s been almost a year since I left my last job. Almost two years since my divorce.
I quit my life in SF and tried to restart. Thinking - maybe I can find a new partner if I explore the entire world. (Nope - still as unable to get a date as I was when I met my ex) Maybe I’ll find a job that will be better. Won’t know though cause I can’t bother myself to do more than a few leetcode problems every week instead of the required 40+ you need to do to be ready to modern interviewing.
I’m just burning through dwindling savings as I lost a huge amount after I got divorced (bad financial decisions poured on by not being reliable for anyone but myself). I’m not sure when I’ll go back to work or solve any problem but my standards for everything are higher. In some ways - I’d rather die than go back to the miserable grind. I could only justify it because I was married but now I can’t at all.
- asnyder 3y agoGrinds are temporary, death is permanent. May be useful to talk to someone to help. Sometimes savings can be more of a hinderance as it allows you to extend this moment and dwell in the negative space. Hopefully the friends you met up with can help you break away from this thinking for a brief moment. Definitely don't push off counseling, always nice to have a listening ear.