Has anyone stopped playing life in safe mode? Professionally? How to start over or what to do in the gap between time?

Is anyone else a super planner and likes to play it safe? Has anyone else quit their Stable job without having anything lined up for your mental sake? If so what was your profession? why did you leave? what did you do in that timeframe before you found something else? And where are you now?

Scenario: single, no children, no debt. I work in low level HR for three years in a small office. Been here longer than i should have for job security during the pandemic in 2020. I’m ready to get out and I’m at my breaking point but there’s a lot to consider. I’m on fire when i wake up knowing i have to go there. I cry everyday when i leave. I feel dead inside when I’m there.

Pros - health insurance, steady income but it is far less than what I need to be making as a college graduate and being there for three years, 401(k), close to home

cons- no professional development, low pay- pay check to pay check wages and my only income source, a lot of office politics and racial division, work life balance lacking, low amounts of PTO, not wfh opportunities although other depts down the hall are wfh, hard to have time to interview for other positions, and not Covid friendly or accepting of beliefs.

I know it’s not the most responsible to just up and quit. But life is about risks right?

I’m thinking i can get a part time job at a local retail store in the meantime, while i have the time to dedicate to interviews and job searching. I intend to stay within the HR field but I’m open to new opportunities bc i don’t think cubicle life is for me. End goal is to continue building a career not working job to job.

What’s your experience? I need to know that others have made it through just fine and this isn’t a huge career mistake.

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