dude…. dude… that quote is about BOXING. Not some nancy computer job. Sheesh. Way to make everything about YOU.

As to your bob ross reference… if you quit to paint some happy little trees…. well that would be awesome.

Well, not “fuck you” to the establishment exactly, no.

The thing is, I’ve been somebody, I’ve been a condendah: I’ve been living very comfortably with a influencial position in a cool, fast growing company for almost the past seven years. Yet I feel almost completely unsatisfied with the bigger picture of my life. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy a lot of what I do in the moment, but for some reason my victories at Zappos don’t add up to a real sense of accomplishment for me.

Not to be too dramatic, but I think I feel like Bob Ross might have felt if he had a successful career as a petroleum jelly distributor. Sometimes you gotta do what you were born to do.

So yeah… I’ve been to the top (or close enough) and I’m tired of waiting for my life to begin. So it starts now.

Well, it starts in two months.

And for those wondering, no, I don’t have enough money to make this easy

woah, you’re not only leaving your job but also your whole career mindset? What the hell does that mean? Are you saying fuck you to the establishment? No more career?

But Jon… you could have been somebody… you could have been a contendah!

Signing the papers is probably like getting my balls in the cold water. That’s one of the harder parts, as I’m sure you’d know, my dear. But I might still run out screaming before taking the final plunge

No matter, this year _is_ a fresh start. Leaving Zappos and more importantly the whole career mindset behind is where it’s at. That’s the most comforting and crippling thing in my life anyways, and I’ve already taken the plunge on that one

I’m sorry to hear that. But maybe somehow if makes a new clean start for the year?