It feels like I’m giving up my career.
While you wait to hear back about the job, does leaving the career you’ve built so far keep feeling like giving up?
Scenes
- While I wait to hear back — I’ve finished applying for a new job and am waiting to hear back, but leaving the career I’ve built keeps feeling like giving up.
- Your career isn’t one choice — Your career holds all the work you’ve taken on and done. Choosing a new workplace doesn’t erase that time.
- One answer carries two questions — Before the result comes, “Can I make the move?” and “What did all my work here mean?” can easily get tangled together.
- Let’s look at the result and your career separately — Changing jobs is about choosing your next workplace. The outcome doesn’t determine the value of the work you’ve done so far.
- Reread one thing you’ve done — Today, choose one line from your application about something you did yourself and reread it. That work is still yours while you wait for the result.
- Waiting doesn’t erase the time behind you — Whatever the result, the work you’ve done is still there. Which line from your career stays with you now?
Stories by Baekho
- Baekho
- It’s true, but on my way home, I keep rephrasing it.
- Even grocery shopping makes everything I need to do today feel urgent.
- Every Sunday night, I rewrite what I’m looking for.
- I open the handover file before bed.
- At a red light, I think of what I’m good at in my work.
- The day before an important meeting, I swallow my words again.
- When a request comes up in the group chat, I reply first.
- Every morning, it feels like I have to leave my career behind.