Been trying to find the right words to talk about this.

I left my #infosec job recently. Good pay, great coworkers, but the fit was gone, and I wanted to leave on my own terms.

I don't know what comes next.

What I do know is that I'm sleeping better, and I'm more relaxed. Aside from additional adulting tasks like worrying about family health insurance (USA), I get to decide how my time is spent.

If burnout has you, know that rest is not giving up. You are a human being, not a human doing.

@pseudonym everyone needs that sabbatical to get ones own sanity in a better space and be ready for the next challenge one wants to give a try at ...
@pseudonym have taken a year off between jobs to wonder when did I have time to work when there was so much to do at home and needed to get caught up ...

@Lstn2urmama

Exactly!