Today I am resigning from my job.

As I sit here and think about it I feel really good about this resignation. The best I have ever felt about leaving a job actually. That hasn’t always been the case.

I haven’t had a lot of jobs, but I have never been fired so each departure has been a resignation. Sometimes those resignations feel bad. They feel like I am abandoning coworkers or a job half done or some other unfinished work that will bug me for a few months until I can finally let go of it. Even the job where I was severely mistreated by a manager who must have had something like rampant bipolar disorder… I felt a little guilty that I was walking out on the owner.

This time though? None of that. I feel free & clear. I feel like it is 100% the right decision.

Why did I feel different all those other times? Is it just because I’m older, more jaded, more experienced? Is it because the environment here is different? Is it because my coworkers here are different? I don’t really know. I have projects which are half finished and will be in trouble after I leave. I have employees who will struggle after I go… but I feel no qualms about walking out this time.