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How did my life change when I quit my 9–5?
For the better.
2020
Suddenly, we hear about this deadly virus; it’s spreading like wildfire, and it’s in our city!
No worries, we start wearing masks, using bottle loads of sanitizer, hoping it will not get us. And it doesn’t.
But the government declares a lockdown!
Our manager asks us: Will you all come to the office and stay here if needed without going home?
Of course, we will. We assure him. We will do anything to keep this job.
No, we won’t.
We start backing out one by one after giving it some real thought.
A few days of chaos later, we stopped going to the office. We either work from our personal laptops or get computers delivered to our homes by the office.
And it’s exciting! I get to stay with my husband all day because he also stops going to his office.
We cook together, watch videos after work, and discuss every work-related thing with each other, and my in-laws are happy to have us home, and my mother doesn’t have to worry if I reach the office on time.
You can tell by now that I am reminiscing about those days.
Time passes like this, and I get an appraisal I’d been waiting for. Woohoo!
I've got some extra money in my bank account now, but I can’t go out and spend it on travel…