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Why I Walked Away from My Six-Figure Career - The Minimalists

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Today, March 1, 2011, was my point of no return: I quit my job. It feels great to write those four words, but it is also terrifying and exhilarating and scary and exciting and surreal and unbelievable and, in many ways, indescribable. I’m listening to Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good” as I write this. Her words, “It’s a new dawn / it’s a new day / it’s a new life for me / and I’m feeling good,” best describe what I feel right now. A new beginning. A fresh start. The precipice of something exciting. Yesterday, February 28, 2011, was my last day at my suit-and-tie corporate job. Over the past dozen years, since age eighteen, I’ve spent nearly 80 hours a week working my way up the corporate ladder at a large telecom company in the Midwest—from retail sales rep to sales manager to store manager to regional manager to, most recently, director of operations for 150 retail stores, where I led hundreds of employees and managed a multi-million dollar operations budget. Throughout my tenure, I opened

Why I Walked Away from My Six-Figure Career - The Minimalists Podcast Books Films Tour Resources The Minimalists Podcast Books Films Tour Resources The Minimalists are Emmy-nominated Netflix stars and New York Times–bestselling authors Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus. Alongside their podcast cohost, T.K. Coleman, this simple-living trio helps millions of people eliminate clutter and live meaningfully with less. Learn More . Facebook Instagram YouTube Email * CAPTCHA Why I Walked Away from My Six-Figure Career By Joshua Fields Millburn Today, March 1, 2011, was my point of no return:

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