Emancipation
I'm feeling a deep sense of euphoria. After fighting harassment from a manager at work for weeks, I came to a conclusion that I needed to resign. The costs of being employed at that institution began to greatly outweigh the benefits. I explained more in my entry 194. I feel that I have so much to say about resigning. It is a political act that I've contemplated a lot in the past weeks. I've thought about resigning as quitting, as a privilege, a taboo and many other things. In the past weeks I came to see it as a deeply political act, an act of activism, of resistance to, and non-compliance with, violence. I had a meeting with a manager earlier today. It seems that he tried to address the situation but he didn't succeed. I provided him a feedback and shared my contemplations on what has been going wrong in the organisation. He said he was surprised that I decided to resign. This is interesting. I do not think that anyone should be surprised that a human being subjected to violence would seriously consider resigning. Many things can prevent a person from resigning, and I've observed such situations around me. I've seen that my fellow humans did not leave due to migration laws and financial obligations, risk aversion, fear, and social stigma. These fellow humans should not be blamed, but the system must be improved significantly to ensure safety and safe stepping out of a violent space.
Resigning is associated with taking risk, insecurity, instability, not knowing what is going to unfold. Over the years I've come to terms with change, and came to see life's unfolding as a beautiful journey. I feel like a new chapter is opening and I'm feeling a shift towards something better. My partner and I decided to celebrate this unfolding of events with flødeboller, and in the evening we will have some sparkling wine.
