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“I always felt like something was missing and I couldn't quite put my finger on what that was.”

“I couldn't picture myself spending the next 30 to 40 years in an office job.”

“I felt completely out of place.”

“I felt miserable and lost for years.”

“I wanted to try something different, that was more meaningful to me, and out of my comfort zone.”

“I knew that I was becoming less and less of my usual, happy self.”

"I thought to myself, this is just too much."

“I couldn't carry on doing something that brought me nothing but a feeling of emptiness.”

“I hated the lack of flexibility.”

“I'd always wondered whether I would be better suited to something else.”

“The work I was producing felt pointless and, to some extent, self-indulgent.”

“I knew I'd never truly be free.”

“I knew that ultimately I would be unfulfilled.”

“I felt stuck, to be honest. That wasn't something I was comfortable with.”

“The news was an alarming wake-up call. The next day I handed in my resignation.”

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