Oh no, I'm sorry to hear that it hit you this hard! When stress at work became too overwhelming for me, one of my coping mechanism was that I started caring less and less. Of course, as a teacher in the public sector that would have harder consequences for your students, so I'm sure it's not what you want. Which is why I was so happy to see your decision to quit! And then right about it without any guilt or shame, or any other baggage. The other thing I really liked is how you didn't start going on about the conditions of work, or about your particular work, but simply put work and happiness are mutually exclusive. How right you are! And so if you start any side gigs with your garden, or yoga, or surfing, or writing, it simply won't be work. In fact, I bet you'll even end up filling kiddos' heads with info at some point, and even that won't be work any more. Just the pure joy of doing what makes you happy, and what I'm sure was what got you into teaching in the first place.
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Thanks lovely. Yeah you can't care 'less' in this job as you are caring for human beings. You know, being in the classroom is the best thing about it, as I'm interacted with the kids that I really like - their energy, their innocence, their potential. But everything else - blah. I'm done. The guilt and shame - well, I have six months to work through that, I guess. And then some. I don't actually LIKE moaning about the work conditions as it actually solidifies my angst more in my head - I just want to feel good about what I'm doing, and that's not how I'm feeling right now. xx