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    Want to quit your job but can’t right now? How to cope while you plan next steps

    For workers who can’t quit their jobs, the so-called Great Resignation may feel like a farce. There are myriad reasons that employees who might want to leave their jobs cannot do so — financial obligations, healthcare benefits or a fear of the unknown. But that doesn’t necessarily make the desire to leave any less acute. Career transitions are rarely seamless, says Octavia Goredema, career ...
    by Rachel Schnalzer y Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times Nov 24, 2021 6 minutes

    For workers who can’t quit their jobs, the so-called Great Resignation may feel like a farce.

    There are myriad reasons that employees who might want to leave their jobs cannot do so — financial obligations, healthcare benefits or a fear of the unknown. But that doesn’t necessarily make the desire to leave any less acute.

    Career transitions are rarely seamless, says Octavia Goredema, career coach and the founder of Twenty Ten Agency, a career coaching company. But what you do today won’t define you forever.

    “Your current situation is a steppingstone to something better,” she said. “You might not be able to see or reach for it right now, but trust that it’s there.”

    Read on for more tips on how to make your current working situation more bearable — maybe even more fruitful — and also to prepare for an eventual departure from your job.

    Understand why you want to quit

    Spend some time reflecting on what isn’t working for you in your current job, Goredema said. Is

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