I’ve asked myself a few questions over the last few months while at work:

1. Come the apocalypse, would any element of my job have a real-world practical application?
2. Would it matter if didn’t turn up – would anyone actually really care?
3. Can I hold the result of a day’s work in my hands and feel pride at having created it?
4. In years to come, will I be able to show my grandchildren what I have spent my life doing?
5. Can I explain to them what I have done in my own small way to leave the world a better place?

The answers to these questions are overwhelmingly not the ones I want to hear.

Office processes and structures just don’t suit me. I need unpredictability, space, fresh air, real interaction and tangible results. Tangible meaning not on a screen.

Maybe I should become a farmer. Or a wheelwright. Or a blacksmith and learn some old fashioned hands-on craft where nothing is connected to the internet and quality of end product is more important than my Skype status.

Or I could just become a monk or live in a cave.

I understand that digital technology is now the way of the world. I’m not suggesting we all go back to the dark ages, but everything in moderation right? For my own mental and physical health, my working day must no longer 100% revolve around being plugged in or logged in or signed in. I’m fed up with it.

When I log off of my computer, I log back into my life.

So, today ladies and gentleman, I handed in my notice at work.

It felt entirely the right thing to be doing and a huge sense of relief at having made the decision. After the relief came a huge wave of excitement.

Here’s a few more of my general musings while at ‘work’.

• If a goal is not defined, it cannot be accomplished.
• What is your personal idea of success? Write it down.
• You have one life. Take control of it and absolute responsibility for it. Nobody else can or will. 
• Plan well and make the due preparations before taking action that has long term implications.
• Life is certainly not a rehearsal.
• Don’t let the fear of failure hold you back. 
• It’s better to regret something you have done, rather than something you haven’t.
• Life first, career second.

In the words of Steve Jobs, you must stay foolish and stay hungry.

Quitting my job today may well be foolish in the eyes of some, but I need to make a dream happen and it’s happening right now!!

Let the adventure begin!