On my phone this afternoon, I got a popup from my todo app "Quit Your Job".
I laughed and left it up to admire it. Looking at the notes section of the task, I saw, "I want to be able to quit within 5 years. Written on Sunday October 4, 2015."
Unfortunately, I'm not able to quit my job. However, by setting an impossible goal, I paid off my student loans, saved a lot of money, kept myself out of debt, and avoided major financial pitfalls like buying cars.
I could have done more, yes, but what exactly? I moved to a more expensive part of the city, but the benefits to my life were too great to pass that up. Seriously, my rent was crazy low before, but we were miserable in a lonely part of town that forced us into a long train commute. We've made some big purchases, true, but we've avoided others.
I won't quit my job today, but I'm a lot closer to that dream than I was then. So I'll defer the task for another five years, and we'll see where we are then.
