What You Find When You Leave Your Job
The “Great Resignation” isn’t really about rejecting work—it’s about redefining one’s sense of self.
by Maggie Mertens
Feb 26, 2022
4 minutes
When Winnie Lai joined the more than , she worried most about what she would tell other people; leaving a great position as an attorney felt silly. “It was really hard. I talked about it extensively in therapy,” the 37-year-old told me from her home in New York. Though she knew resigning and taking a less demanding gig was the right move for her and her family, being a lawyer was more than a job—it was a major part of her identity. Lai’s struggle isn’t singular, and it illuminates the mental adjustment that so many people taking part in the “” have had to make.
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