I Quit My Day Job To Pursue My Dreams Before I Turned 30

Hi. My name is Farah. I am a 29 years old from Malaysia.

Today, I sent my resignation letter for company which I have been blessed to be in for the past 3 years.

It wasn’t an easy decision to make — ESPECIALLY during in these current pandemic situation — But I had to in order to save myself: To save the wellbeing of my mental health.

Working in any corporate company is gruesome yet rewarding for some. Depending on what type of company you are working in, the demands, pressure, high expectations, and the long working hours can take a troll to one’s mental health especially if you are not being careful.

Through it all, I enjoyed my work and the opportunity and experiences that I’m blessed with the people that I worked in that company is non measurable. I’d truly learned a lot about how the world works, and mostly a lot about myself and my hidden potentials.

Still, apart of me felt this isn’t something that I wanted to pursue for the rest of my life. I’m already 29. There are things that I wanted to achieve before I turned 30. One of those things are: Publishing a fiction book that I’ve been putting on hold all these years.

Now I’m sure many of you who read up until this point would disagreed with my decision: that I shouldn’t quit my job especially when there are others who have lost theirs and found it hard to find one.

I get that. I truly truly get that.

For the people who got laid off by their companies because of the pandemic and economy crisis, I am truly sorry it happened to you. Do know that things will get better. You will strive and stand on your feet again. Perhaps you would also discover something else hidden within you. Whether it’s new talent, new interest, or even new job opportunity. Anything is possible.

Back to my story, it has been more than 15 years since I’ve worked on this particular book (I have other books, but this one is my precious. My baby. My first love for literacy), since I was 15 years old, all the way throughout my college days, until my part time days as a sales promoter for 4 years — I’ve worked so hard into finishing this book. The takeaway about this book is: I’d never got to finished the final editing.

Ever since I’d landed my job and kickstarted my career, I had absolutely no contact or inspiration to finish the final editing. Some of you might ask, why didn’t I just hired a professional editor? I would have done that, however, the book still need to be furnished in order for me to pass it over to a trust-worthy Editor.

When I finally got to sit down and edit my book, 3 years have passed. I decided that 2021 will be the year for me to really focus on my dream to be a published Author and to also pursue my other dream to become a video game streamer. Video games have been with me for a long as I could remember, even much longer than my passionate in literacy.

To see how much the video games industry evolved has brought joy to my heart, knowing that yes, it is a very competitive world that is hard to break in, but with enough practices and efforts, I too can make it through the top.

I am not going to lie, not having a sustainable incomes and having my family concerning about my future and financial stability is really nerves-wrecking. My family love me no doubt, they want the best for me, but also security for my future.

The only person who truly believe in my decision is my Significant Other. Though he’s miles and ocean away, having him to love and support me unconditionally, is all that I ever needed and wanted to push forward through these hard times.

2021 will be a challenging year for me no doubt, but I am ready.