Quiet quitting guilt: You're Not the Only One

You know that feeling when you realize you’re just… out of sync? …

I’m a third-grade teacher, which I love, but for the first couple years, I brought SO much work home. …

I just walked out of work at exactly five PM and I swear I could feel the collective glares burning into the back of my head, like my spine was a billboard for betrayal, and I had to physically… …

i used to bring home stacks of papers every weekend and spend hours on these ridiculous elaborate classroom displays everything handmade felt like a goddamn martyr for it and then i just stopped one… …

My daughter, the social worker. …

I’m 68 years old, and I’m a complete fraud. …

Like, with the third-grade teacher who doesn't bring work home on weekends anymore, because her kids need her. …

you know that feeling when your phone just vibrates and vibrates a little angry buzzing on the bedside table and you just watch it knowing exactly what it is a family calling about something awful… …

I guess I should start by saying I'm only sixteen, but today after my shift at the site it felt like I was a hundred years old. …

I’m staring at my screen at 2:14 AM and I’m actually shaking with how much I hate this project.

You ever find yourself staring at a screen until your eyes burn, hitting send on a "call to action" that you know damn well you won't follow yourself?

I wake up at 7, clear the entire support queue by 11:30 because most of these users are absolutely helpless, and then I just... …

I just sent the final 300dpi export of the "brand identity refresh" to Marcus at 2:14 AM on a Saturday.

I am sitting in the back office of a department store at 11 PM, staring at the inventory manifest for next quarter. …

It ends with the "unexploded peppermint" feeling. …

i just walked out of the office at five sharp while mark and sarah were still hunched over the main site model and i feel like a fucking criminal... …