Decision making: to quit or not to quit a job

Hello,
I’d like some coaching on understanding how to take a decision that is best for me and not out of fear of taking risks on one hand or impatience in the other.

One of my medium term goals for this year is to change job. The one I have now is fine, working mostly with nice people, but I feel like it’s reached completion and it’s at odds with my one year goals.
So my initial plan was to quit after finding a new one, whilst working on my other goals.

However, in the meantime my team leader changed and I’m now finding myself thinking about quitting even before finding something else. What I’m trying to understand is whether I’m being childish and looking for the easy way out or it’s actually what would serve me best.

To give a bit context, I don’t like this person’s management style and I feel there’s a conflict of values.
I’ve tried to stay open minded whilst protecting my boundaries. But from multiple conversations we had, I just don’t trust this person as being my leader and I don’t think it can be recovered.
Plus, I’m already disconnected from this job, so I have a limited interest in solving the issue.

Now, the situation is not bad all the time, I don’t talk daily with this person so the effect on my daily work is actually limited.
I could probably mentally manage till I find a new job, I don’t think I’m at risk of burn out.
But before any meeting with him, I have this feeling on the back of my neck that reminds me of Maisie’s “be more like a cat” coaching from the Autumn workshop.
I also made a wee budget plan and worked out that I can easily afford a few months of unemployment.

So now I’m trying to understand what is the right option for me. Is following my like-a-cat feeling the right decision? Or it’s just my brain looking for the quick and easy way out?
Was my initial plan of waiting to find a new job serving me better for my long terms goals? Or I’m just afraid of taking a risk now that the situation has changed?

 

 

Answer:

You get to decide the answer for yourself. You just need to like your reasons. That doesn’t even mean you have to think they are the most honorable reasons…just that you are ok with them. Why is it a problem if you take the easy way out? Why is it a problem if you stay with a boss you don’t like in order to stick to your plan?

You can’t know the future. You just get to make it up, so why not make up a future where everything works out. (Spoiler alert- It always does.)

If you trusted yourself and the universe implicitly in this moment, what would you do?