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Matt Yao's avatar

enjoyed this! I also wrote about my experience quitting my PM job at the start of the year: https://gameofone.substack.com/p/25-i-quit-my-job

Weichen Liu's avatar

Hey Matt, thanks for sharing! I love your pictures too -- I've only hiked up to Colchuck Lake once and hope I could do a through-hike one day.

Matt Yao's avatar

it was tough but worth it, the enchantments is one of my favorite hikes of all time!

Renee Puvvada's avatar

I recently had this realization myself... that feeling when you wake up and your heart is ash. The only thing keeping you in your current lifeline are the voices in your head, rationalizing the pain. You're not alone Weichen, and seeing this is confirmation that I'm not alone either.

I'll be diving more into your writing soon. Thank you for this post, and I look forward to tracking your journey to happiness. We all walk this road. Just subscribed!

Weichen Liu's avatar

Thank you Renee, Best of luck!

Renee Puvvada's avatar

Thank you! I'll be reading more of your posts to glean what I can!

Kunal Modi's avatar

Good luck chasing your creative pursuits. I’m glad you made the decision. I too quit my Amazon job after 9 years earlier this year. I didn’t have a plan when I left except to find out what truly motivates me. I wrote about it here - https://journey.kunalmodi.com/p/why-i-left-my-job-at-amazon.

Wish you the best!

Weichen Liu's avatar

Hi Kunai, 9 years at Amazon is long and congrats on making the decision! Best of luck to you too!