Three years ago I was unhappy, stressed, and completely burnt out. I was working 18 hour days between my day job and contracting work. When I did have time for sleep, I had to combat insomnia. My personal relationships suffered and I was exhausted by life. So I made a decision I thought I’d never make: I quit my job to work for myself. What followed became an amazing and educational journey. I learned how to use fear of the unknown instead of being paralyzed by it. I made myself vulnerable which taught me how to ask for help. I realized what freedom meant. Most importantly I had an epiphany about what work should be.
Excited to watch @ashedryden give her talk on "Zen and the Art of Quitting Your Job"! @secondconf
— Julia Elman (@juliaelman) September 28, 2013
So pumped to finally have the opportunity to hear @ashedryden talk! @secondconf
— Glynnis Ritchie (@glynnisritchie) September 28, 2013
"Money doesn't buy happiness but it does buy groceries" @ashedryden #secondconf
— Mod Mobile (Joe R.) (@ModMobile) September 28, 2013
"Sometimes that jerk at work is you" - @ashedryden #secondconf
— Mod Mobile (Joe R.) (@ModMobile) September 28, 2013
It’s like @ashedryden is reading my mind - talking about mentoring at @secondconf #2c
— Aijaz Ansari (@_aijaz_) September 28, 2013
"Be proud of your work…work where someone else is proud of your work" ~ @ashedryden at #SecondConf 1/2 of that is done. Getting there…
— Dave Skuza (@_dskuza) September 28, 2013
@ashedryden is smashing my stack with all the questions in her @secondconf talk! #whew #imaslowthinker
— Tim Burks (@timburks) September 28, 2013
"We are so privileged: we are the one industry that complains about people emailing us because they want to hire us." @ashedryden
— Brock Boland (@Brock) September 28, 2013
OH: "We are a privileged industry. We complain about how often we get email from people desperate to hire us." @secondconf @ashedryden
— Glynnis Ritchie (@glynnisritchie) September 28, 2013
Wonderful perspective from @ashedryden's talk this morning @secondconf. Next up, human interface guidelines for iOS by @mb!
— Julia Elman (@juliaelman) September 28, 2013
@ashedryden Hey, your talk at @secondconf really inspired me. Today was the day I’ve quit my job and I’m feeling amazingly light. Thank you!
— Bruno Koga (@brunokoga) November 11, 2013
Ashe Dryden is a programmer, diversity advocate and consultant, prolific writer,