I quit my job today.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Terrified. Exhilarated.

I will miss having insurance.
I will not miss the insurance industry.

I will miss one or two coworkers.
I will not miss the remainder of the people at either company I work with... in-the-box automatons who imply that I'm the one who's square because I stepped out of the box long ago.

I will miss the paycheck.
I will not miss the boss who deals it out while never listening to a thing I've ever said to prevent horrible problems that inevitably blow us out of the water because she refuses to have foresight or listen to mine.

I have some freelancing to fall back on. And I have more jobs to which I must apply. This is aggravating but hopefully it will introduce me to a company that both offers a modicum of respect and uses more of my alinear skills. My brain is a web, and I want to spread it wider, not mash it into a line in order to fit into a machine.

Terrified. Exhilarated.