How I did it: I realised in my old job that things really weren't getting any better, so I set myself an ultimatum.  I didn't quit straight away but the fact that I knew I was going to leave made everything much easier.  I had nothing else to go to but since I was only 32 at the time I didn't feel like it would be too hard to find something else.  In the end I moved to Berlin with my girlfriend and found work there.  The work was OK, but not exactly what I wanted.  So I left after six months and have now found myself in a job with good colleagues and a lot of new things to learn.

Lessons & tips:

1. It's all relative.  Sometimes all you have to do is change your perspective.
2. Worrying is always worse than doing - we build up awful realities in our heads that we can't possibly know in advance to be true.

Jul 21, 09:47AM PDT | 0 comments | 2 cheers