I’m a few days tardy in getting this re-posted, but after reading it for a third time, this Freakonomics blog post by James Altucher still has great merit. To wit:

I think 90 percent of people should quit their jobs right now or do something utterly drastic to shake things up. “What would I do?” People ask. “I have responsibilities, mouths to feed, mortgage to pay. You don’t get it.” Yes I do. You throw yourself into the abyss. You get scared. You stay up late at night thinking and thinking and thinking. You feel like the death of emptiness is worse than the slow death of your job. But you’ll figure it out. One by one all of your old colleagues will disappear from your life. They will die.

You’ll still be alive.

Eddie and the gang said it best.

Also, I no longer used the term “employment/unemployment.” I prefer to use “engaged”. Employment with a corporation is indentured servitude. Engagement means you are positively ‘in to’ your work, paid or unpaid. So, when someone asks me: Adam, what are you doing these days? “Well, I’m engaged with a few community organizations, an outdoor equipment start-up, and I’m doing some new media consulting for small businesses and non-profits.”