My favorite season is Autumn.

I've been doing this crappy data entry job for the past two weeks, which is absolutely doing my head in.

It's a bit of a story, but to cut it short we have a new big mindless client who have this content management system for their website that they are forced to use from the powers that be in Germany. They can't use it, so our company said they would do it for them - and now I've been handed this batten, 'cause I'm the web guy who is meant to know about these things.

I've got one more day of it and then we have a xmas break for a week and then I go back to it. Thankfully, I also take on another job in January in a completely different field - so I'm always really busy during Summer. It's hard work but it's ok, as it's different and has been a big earner for me.

This morning, before I started doing my mindless data entry, I typed out my resignation.

Resignation

After careful deliberation over the past month, I've decided that I am going to take the whole of Autumn off to spend more time doing the things I enjoy. My last day at work will be February 28.

My heart is no longer in the job and the best thing I can do for myself is move on. You have been terrific employers over the past year and a half and generally I've been very happy working here.

This decision is more to do with the sedentary nature of my job and long hours staring at a computer manipulating pixels. There is more to life and I'm going to explore that.

I wish you all the success with your business.

After I wrote it, I showed Anna - the girl at work who I owe that favor too - I felt much better, and happily continued with my data entry - I don't even think I dropped the f-bomb once today.

Has anyone else just quit their job to take a sabbatical - how did it work out?

I kind of want to take a long break during my favorite season to surf, bushwalk, camp, do some local travelling and use my peripheral vision before I get cancer, fall off a ladder, or something else that forces me to do it.

oliver?

Tell you what - that is one classy resignation letter Adolf. (even though my guess is it isn't the full version)

Over 3 years of employment with my previous employer I managed to type up 3 letters that were very close to resignation letters...and handed them to my employer (I'm sh!thouse at explaining my 'feelings' verbally). Most of the time it was due to my employer continually moving the goal posts - processes & procedures that were implemented, changed, modified and dropped. Telling us that a certain procedure needed to be done (by everyone), then not doing it himself or blatantly creating unnecessary nightmares for the rest of us. Myself & my colleagues were constantly stressed-out.

I think I started typing each one as a resignation letter, but halfway through decided to make them more 'mission statements' or similar. I'd explain my frustrations, the reasons for them, and put forward solutions, finishing each letter with the fact that if changes/improvements weren't implemented, then he couldn't rely on me staying on as a long-term employee.

I don't work there any more, due to pursuing self-employment with the full-support of my previous employer, but I know that it's a better office for everyone due to the changes that were made because of those letters, so happy that I did them.

Golden rule: you never, ever want a resignation to have more than 1 minimal sentence.
Last thing you want to do is explain why, bitch, whine, try to make a point, etc.

May not be your case, and I suspect you was tongue-in-cheek (doh!), but usually people who expand too much want vindication of sorts, and mentally this is not a healthy place to be IMO.

If you want to make a point and thing you have a real case, go fill a form at Fair Work Australia, or the equivalent in your joint.

Also: always a risk in sharing those I-hate-my-job kind of feelings with co-workers, but I'm sure you already know that.

Say hi to Anna for us anyhow !