I’m a 30-year-old salaried woman living in the capital of a tropical country, and I want to quit. While everyone seems to be fighting to get a stable job, I’m here wondering if I should leave mine. Am I not being grateful? Maybe I am.
I am starting to question everything in this place. Whom am I working for? Do they have a clear vision for the company, or do they work only to enrich themselves? Does my work contribute something meaningful to society, or does it quietly betray the values I try to hold onto? Is this the right place to improve myself, or has it become a place where I constantly have to defend what I believe in?
Lately, I imagine a different life.
I can just quit and go back to my parents' house, maybe living my life planting greens, and have a chicken farm. Or maybe I will bake and sell it door to door to feed myself. Plus, I miss those cats around. I mean, I have my safety net, and I can just quit anytime I want.
But is it okay? Am I just being selfish to quit my job, give up my monthly salary, leave the capital, and bid farewell to the office life I once dreamt of when I was a teenager?
Am I just being immature for not being able to face reality that does not fit my ideal?
Or am I going the right way to leave a place that contradicts my values?
Maybe the real question is this: Is there still room for idealists in today’s world?