Tending Creativity Podcast Episode 013 ✿ Quitting My 9-5 Job ✿ Solo Episode
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Episode 13: Quitting My 9-5 Job ✿ Solo Episode
I'm back! After about 6 months since my last released episode I am back with a solo episode in which I talk about how I recently quit my 9-5 job in education and my plans for the podcast moving forward.
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In this episode I talk about:
-What caused me to stop releasing podcast episodes
-Transitioning from a part time position to a full time position at my day job
-The difficulties and stress of working at a school during the pandemic
-Not having time or energy to work on creative projects after work
-Having to drop a ceramics class I was enrolled in
-Trying to get to the end of the year and holiday break
-Trying to figure out how to maximize my time and energy to work full time while pursuing creative side projects
-Dealing with health and mental health issues
-Starting therapy and medication
-Returning to work after the holiday break
-Deciding to quit
-My process of quitting and the privileges in doing so
-My plans for the future
-What I did right after quitting
-Reflecting on my time at this job and my decision to quit
-Feeling proud of myself and excited
-Being ok even if things don't work out how I want them to
-The Great Resignation and teacher/educator resignation
-The difficulties and stress of working in education during the pandemic
-Making sure I don't set unrealistic goals and expectations for myself
-Plans for this podcast
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Recorded and published January, 2022