Ask HN: Should I quit my job?
It saddens me to death to hear words like: &quot;To not stick to a schedule&#x2F;routine once I am solo&quot; from hyper-motivated people. It makes me hopeful to see that you&#x27;re self-aware enough to mention other people&#x27;s optinion as a fear factor.<p>This kind of social conditioning from the school system &#x2F; society combined with never letting people do what they really want because they have &quot;responsibilities&quot; from the age of 5 is what keeps everyone in check... Go to uni ( no you can&#x27;t take a year off ), go to work ( why take a year off? You are a slacker... ) etc. ( not to mention that you have no other option than to endure school until you&#x27;re 18 with no saying what you want to do, and making it almost impossible to do shortcuts in that, even if you&#x27;re capable ).<p>My opinion: people are usually want to do things. The school system makes you believe that the only reason people work on things is because they are forced to do is pure bull<i></i><i></i>. People who still have these creative feelings at 29, after going trough all of these things are hyper self-motivated individuals, who don&#x27;t need any external force to do things ( usually, of course there might be exceptions ).<p>Yes, after you quit your job you might slack off for a while, and you won&#x27;t be productive. That might be because your mind needs it, or you might have thoughts in your mind ( because of the fears you&#x27;ve listed ), that block your creative process.<p>I had similar issues, but I&#x27;ve told myself that I&#x27;m not going to do anything but play video games for two weeks. After day 3 I didn&#x27;t do any playing, and went trough 3 weeks of robotics lessons in two days without forcing myself.<p>The question of routine: I know this is not a popular opinion, but I think you don&#x27;t necessarily need a routine, you will just do it, because you want it. Believe in yourself, what I mean is believe what you think of yourself, and try not to let these pressures in, which makes you believe that the slacker is in you. It is not in you.<p>You have 5 years of savings. Try it for a year! I mean, maybe you become homeless when you&#x27;re 60 because of this decision ( worst case ). What do you want to be, a 60 year old homeless who made a gut decision, and it didn&#x27;t work out, or a 60 year old man who never followed his heart?<p>I _really_ wish you the best!