Last day of my regular job

byMillyJ

102 followers

10 years ago

This day is my last day at work. Tonight we're having dinner to "celebrate". I might as well consider this a celebration, though it was not my choice to quit, I'm being fired, laid off. But it does mean more freedom, more time to spend with my kids. It just means a bit less money to spend. Although the social security is great in the Netherlands, I don't want to rely on it for too long. Thus this affiliate marketing I want to pursue and to which I got acquainted a few years ago (just didn't pursue it long and thorough enough to succeed).

But I was thinking in my car this morning, there are a lot of expenses I will not be making when I'm not going to work: petrol expenses, parking expenses, day care expenses, lunch expenses etc. One less car to pollute the environment! One less car in the trafic jam, which I always managed to avoid most of the time, but not always unfortunately.

I was also thinking along the side of my health: a lot less stress! Working at my own terms when I want and as much as I want. I do hope to keep my focus, because I do want to succeed.

My colleagues almost had a breakdown today during a team meeting. On the one hand I couldn't help feeling sorry for them and feeling angry with them. They have a difficult and busy time ahead of them with deadlines they did not agree with, a management that is not supportive and this is going on like this for years! On the other hand I couldn't help feeling relieved, that I won't be a victim of this culture anymore. I'm FREE!

I hope I will still feel this way in a few months or in a year or so. Wish me luck!