She Quit Her Job For Her Mental Health Without Having A Backup Plan, And Now She’s Vlogging About What Her Day Looks Like
The pandemic changed a lot of things in our work lives. Going from that daily grind in the office at a desk to suddenly presenting at a board meeting in pajama pants from your couch was a jarring change–and one that is still lingering in the working world today.
But the pandemic also brought about another movement: prioritizing mental health over your job. There has recently been a major push, mostly from corporate employees, towards leaving toxic work environments that are damaging to your mental health and are making you unhappy–even if it means being unemployed for while.
This is exactly the kind of trend that has been floating around TikTok for the past few months. Creators like @thematerialshizz have been quitting their jobs in order to prioritize their mental health.
She now documents her experience as “a millennial who quit her job for her mental health” in a day-in-the-life style series on TikTok.
In her very recent initial day-in-the-life video, she talks about what she’s focusing on now that she is unemployed, given that she has “no backup plan.”
“What does one do when they quit their job, you might ask? Well, number one on the list for me is clean.”
As part of her mental health improvement journey after quitting her job, she’s been focusing on organizing her home.
“Tag along while I declutter my mental space and my actual space,” she told viewers.
TikTok; pictured above is a screenshot from @thematerialshizz’s video
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While you hear her voiceover in her video, she is picking up the clutter in her room and dusting off her bedside table after procrastinating cleaning for too long–something that we can all relate to.
“I’ve let my home go to s***,” she said. “But being that the sole purpose of me quitting my job was to focus on my mental health, it would be remiss of me to try and do that in clutter.”
The things that she talked about in this video and the clips that she showed resonated with many people: 60.5K of them, to be exact.
“I can relate to this so much. I love transparent videos,” one user commented.
There were mass amounts of comments about how people have lived this same exact experience in recent months. Many of them thanked her for posting a video like this, showing them that they are not alone.
“Thank you for being so real because I can certainly relate! You got this!!” one commenter wrote.
Another said, “I did this in May, and it was the best decision. Now I’m working a job I absolutely love.”
What @thematerialshizz is documenting is only a small part of this bigger wave. But it is one that is important in our changing world and hopefully will lead to a better work culture in America.
You can watch her video on TikTok here.
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