The reasons were never mine

What makes a decision the right one?

I remember sitting at my desk on a Friday, years ago, already dreading Monday. Not because the weekend was too short, but because two days felt like nothing against everything waiting for me when it ended.

I was still in my probation period. Everyone told me to push through. Stick to it for two years, then switch departments. You're secure. You already have a job. You've changed companies too many times. It will look bad on your CV…

Those were the reasons people gave me to stay.

But the reasons were never mine.

Five months in, I came to the office as I did every day, not knowing what the day would bring. I sat down at my desk and decided, enough.