Cubicleitis

The day I quit my last job was probably the happiest I had been in a long time. The excitement of waking up the next day in the unknown world of working for myself was a pretty unique feeling. So how did I quit my job? I started by doing all the extra work I could so my quitting wouldn’t burden another lemming of the company. Then I left the corporate confines for my second vacation of the year, conveniently timed for the last week of the month. Where I worked, we were paid on the 7^th and 21^st of every month. Using my paid time off and quitting on the 1^st provided me with an extra two weeks of financial stability. Now, the fun part. Thanks to Outlook Express, I had the ability to prepare emails that would automatically be sent on a specific day. I scheduled a series of emails to be sent to my supervisors and one for the whole company. My notes to the supervisors were nice notes thanking them for their help and explaining why I chose to leave (I actually enjoyed these people and wish they would seek a Cubicleitis-free life). The note emailed to the rest of the office was a simple version of why they shouldn’t have a “job” and should explore the realm of “joblessness.” This is the most fun and liberating feeling while becoming jobless. Picture the perfect way to make your exit from stage left and do it; you won’t regret it.