Moving on
As of 5pm today (I guess), I am officially no longer employed by the University of Leeds. I say officially because due to holiday time owing, I pretty much finished on the 3rd May.
After six years there in one department or another, it’s quite a big move for me to leave – particularly without having another job to go to – but I think it’s the right thing to do. I had been unhappy in my job for a while but had dismissed it in favour of a regular income and the security that working at such as big institution brings. In the end though, the bad bits outweighed the benefits and I didn’t think the other options (such as dropping down to part time or taking a leave of absence) would be enough of a break from it, so I quit.
I’ve decided to have a couple months off as a proper break then I’ll think about what to do next. It’s a quite exciting time but also a bit scary. At the moment though, I feel positive about everything – which is much more than I did a few months ago.
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[...] It’s been about seven months since I left the uni now and since 1st July, I’ve officially been self-employed. While I’m not exactly rolling around in banknotes, things are going well and I’ve decided to keep plugging at various projects until at least next May then I’ll review my situation again (I’ve been reviewing things every couple of months up until now). [...]