#51: A Year of Zero ⓿ - by Matt Yao - Game of One
A year since its creation, I have refreshed the How To Quit Your Job guide. I thought about updating the existing version and realized that so much has changed that it could use a full remake. The new version carries over from the original and includes the learnings from my first year on sabbatical. In my life so far, I have experienced unemployment twice. I was laid off in May 2020 when the pandemic was raging and vaccines were nonexistent. On the inside, I was riddled with anxiety and existential worries. From that experience, the thought of voluntarily ejecting myself from the labor market has always seemed impossible to me. As someone who worked four jobs in high school and completed seven internships throughout college, work has been coursing through my veins for over a decade. Working hard is in my DNA. My immigrant parents came to this country for their PhDs with literally $50. During those initial years, the groceries they bought were determined by coupon clippings rather than
A year since its creation, I have refreshed the How To Quit Your Job guide. I thought about updating the existing version and realized that so much has changed that it could use a full remake. The new version carries over from the original and includes the learnings from my first year on sabbatical. In my life so far, I have experienced unemployment twice. I was laid off in May 2020 when the pandemic was raging and vaccines were nonexistent. On the inside, I was riddled with anxiety and existential worries. From that experience, the thought of voluntarily ejecting myself from the labor market
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