This decision was made with Better MH (& recovery) in mind - although physical recovery has been very difficult also, under the current circumstances.
The pros & cons of staying or resigning my job became "paralysis by analysis" - reaching no decision & mentally going around in circles (with no end).
In the end, I wrote & emailed my resignation anyway - just to break the roadblock of indecision.
There is no plan to enact, to deal with the consequences, or to "Re-frame" a positive way forward.
I very much need to work on a plan - which may include renting out a room (or 2) of my house, to gain some small income.
I had a very constructive & positive 30 minute meeting with my Team Leader (12.30-1.00pm) this afternoon - he offered to try to limit the demands for work (client) use of my private car.
Yet there was little that he could do, as the Disability & Aged care sector now demands that employees use their own car - driving potentially 20,000 Km per year, mostly unpaid.
He offered to withhold my resignation letter, if I wished to consider it further (or change my mind) - before having it submitted.
Instead, I very sadly asked him to submit it to HR.
My Team Leader agreed with me when I said that working in the "Not for Profit" sector can be Soul-Destroying - with constant changes that we cannot adapt to, with no workers knowing where they stand (or what their rights are).
It is the system, not the people that has been causing me such intolerable stress - my employer is unable to change that system (& NDIS funding system).
My only way to "opt-out", with the aim (goal) of practicing Better Self-care - was to resign (leave).
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