> I have asked them to terminate my employment immediately so that I can file for unemployment with state of California(my home state).
You don’t ever need anyone’s permission to file for unemployment but telling somebody, “I need you to fire me” is probably not going to work in your favor.
And isn’t max benefit in CA $450/week? I get that it’s better than nothing but you’re probably earning a lot more than that.
> So, I could just "retire" now and pursue other things. But, I want to lead a productive life
From an outside perspective this is a wild statement. Why not retire and pursue a productive life?
Do you really have a clear personal definition of what a productive life looks like to you or is it 100% defined by “working”?
You might be interested in the book Tiny Experiments. It seems like from your track record you set these big goals and then move onto another before seeing anything through? And you feel like you missed out because you never “achieved” what you thought you wanted?
This book presents a very different approach to life that will probably seem very foreign to you but might be interesting and worth pursuing.
Thanks for the book recommendations. Will absolutely check them out. No productive life for me is to be of “some use to others”. That’s what I am contemplating about. Also true regarding jumping from one goal to another without seeing the previous one through. Need to work on that too.
You don’t ever need anyone’s permission to file for unemployment but telling somebody, “I need you to fire me” is probably not going to work in your favor.
And isn’t max benefit in CA $450/week? I get that it’s better than nothing but you’re probably earning a lot more than that.
> So, I could just "retire" now and pursue other things. But, I want to lead a productive life
From an outside perspective this is a wild statement. Why not retire and pursue a productive life?
Do you really have a clear personal definition of what a productive life looks like to you or is it 100% defined by “working”?
You might be interested in the book Tiny Experiments. It seems like from your track record you set these big goals and then move onto another before seeing anything through? And you feel like you missed out because you never “achieved” what you thought you wanted?
This book presents a very different approach to life that will probably seem very foreign to you but might be interesting and worth pursuing.
I also recommend Tao Te Ching to everyone.