How to Know When It’s Time to Resign

2 Major Red Flags You Can’t Ignore (Unless You Like Being Enslaved)

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You spend a fifth of your life at work. More if you’re the type who takes your job home in your head.

So, here’s the deal: You better be damn great where you work. Because like it or not, it’s going to eat up a massive chunk of your life.

But where’s the line? Where is the line between chasing some pie-in-the-sky dream that leaves you broke and begging… and rotting in a job you hate because you’re too scared to make a move?

That’s the million-dollar question I’m going to respond here.

One day, I showed up to work with a knot in my stomach the size of a fist.

My boss tore me down. Again. Belittled me. Made me doubt everything I thought I was good at. And you know what? I believed him. I lost faith, not just in my skills, but in me.

Did I quit? No. I stuck around. Miserable. Stressed. Until one day, he fired me.

Here’s the thing: Stress can be good. It sharpens you, pushes you, makes you better.

But when it turns into that sick feeling in your gut. When you’re dreading Monday on a Friday night. When you do all that, that’s not “growth.” That’s a slow death.