A Soundtrack For Quitting Your Job
By Thoughtis
6. Take This Job and Shove it – Johnny Paycheck
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Pick up a few side gigs. Leave work and rush to focus groups. Save every penny. Sacrifice nights out with friends. Revamp your resume and go on interviews. Make it know that you’re back on the job market. Once you feel comfortable, pick a day. Commit. Play this song during your commute to work. Roll into your place of employment with a smug smile. For once, the power is yours. Sit down with your boss. “I regret to inform you that I’m no longer satisfied with what you have to offer. Consider this my two week’s notice.” Watch the color drain from their face, or watch them remain stoic; watch them as they can’t even manage to blink an eye. Watch them and, no matter what their reaction, don’t give a fuck. Finally, you don’t have to give a fuck.
7. Pursuit of Happiness – Kid Cudi
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Finish the workday and play this song during your commute home. Be uncertain of what’s going to happen next and realize you’d spend every cent you have to buy that kind of feeling. You’re awake again. Don’t fight the urge to grin uncontrollably. You feel ten years younger, twenty pounds lighter, fifty times happier. Call your mom. She’ll hear your voice and know that you’re fine.
8. This Is The Day – The The
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The morning after your last day of work, wake up and play this song. Resolve to make the next chapter count in a meaningful way. Your career and your happiness are once again at your mercy, under your control. Relinquish them for nothing.