This post shouldn’t exist. I don’t know exactly why I quit my job. I’m able to give you reasons and answers and excuses about why I wanted to (then needed to) leave my job, but it still doesn’t make sense to me, fully. Regardless, here are the three main reasons I bolted from a good paying job in a growing industry without a new job or a clue about my future. Read more…
Archive | October, 2011
Why I Quit My Job
24 OctMy Mantra
21 Oct
In October, I shared my mantra for creating your own rules to find happiness in your life. Looking back, they seem a bit cliched but it was what I was feeling at the time. Read on…
Write Your Own Script
19 Oct
About 8 years ago I was confiding in a friend about my strong desire to leave Tampa and move to DC. While I wanted to work for a health policy think tank and move out of my mother’s house, I mostly wanted to change my life and fulfill a lifelong dream: to live in a city. Read more…
The DC Files
8 OctAfter 7 years and 8 months of living in DC, I am moving back to Tampa, Florida. I am not thrilled to be returning to Tampa. I left then to start my life. A life that was more reflected who I felt I was at the core: someone who needed what a northeastern city offered. DC provided much of what I sought at the time: people that were educated and international, houses with wood floors and historical character, streets lined with old trees, public transportation, posh bars and lounges with well dressed people, and a varied stream of activities to fill one’s calendar.
My time in DC allowed the person I felt I was at the core to grow to reach the surface a bit. In general, I found the right people, places and activities, and ignored the wrong ones. DC served as the setting for my late 20s and early 30s and the associated flux in friends, boyfriends, social circles, career satisfaction, hobbies, ambitious life plans, and waist circumference.
Aside from my wonderfully loyal and surprisingly supportive friends, I will miss living in Adams Morgan most of all. My next few posts will summarize what I will and will not miss about DC, and why I’m leaving. For now I’ll say that while it is incredibly sad to leave, and I’m fearful for who I may and may not become in Tampa, it was not a hard decision to make. More to follow!
New Look New Purpose
3 OctI have had this blog for over 5 years. It has taken many forms and directions that have served several temporary functions (journaling a trip to Paris, my wallet detox, my TV hiatus), but never had a permanent identity, theme, or purpose.
lixlove.com will now function as my home website and blog.
- My blog: I will continue to write blog posts, hopefully more frequently now that I’m unemployed. These will likely continue to be project or theme based. My next series of posts will be about my move from DC to Tampa.
- Write Your Own Script: I’m changing my career, how I live my life and how I view my life. It has been a crying-into-my-tumbler-of-wine, pounding-the-head-on-the-desk, and desperately-searching-for-answers-and-guidance-on-the-web kind of experience. Listen to my advice, take some of it, leave some of it, and do your own damn thing.
- Love Wellness: Short articles on a variety of health and wellness issues.
Links to all blog posts will be available here at lixlove.com.
