Whether you've been retrenched, whether you've resigned or retired, stopping working is a life-changing experience. But it could be a very pleasant change.
While working provides you with a secure income, there’s often a high personal price to be paid in return. This article is for all those who fantasise about how they will phrase their letter of resignation. And don't think about the money for now.
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Fifteen reasons why quitting could make you happy
You won’t have to cope with morning traffic or other drivers’ road rage
You won’t have to get up before dawn any more in the middle of the winter
At last you can claim something back from the unemployment fund to which you have contributed for 29 years
You never have to see or speak to your boss again, or deal with the secretary who looks like a haddock
No more Friday afternoon meetings where the office bore carries on and on
No more sudden deadlines that keep you awake at night and at the office until 9 p.m.
You will never have to subject your stomach to the culinary onslaughts of the staff canteen again.
You never have to listen to endless stories about other colleagues’ sex lives, weekends, pets, children and health problems.
You can now spend time with your family and friends without having one eye on the clock.
No more suits and ties that make you feel like you’re choking.
You can go to early morning movies.
You get to use your own bathroom always and won’t ever have to share facilities with the office gossip.
At last you get to spend quality time with your spouse, your cat and your goldfish.
Know that only once you have left, they will find out exactly how much you did.
Maybe this is the opportunity you have needed all along to turn your hobby into a moneymaking enterprise.
You never have to be polite again to a colleague whose very existence irks you immensely.
No more Christmas office parties where people pretend to bury the hatchet.
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