Politicians, media moguls, doctors, teachers and even Harry and Meghan have all thrown in their hats. So is grit and perseverance over? Gaby Hinsliff charts the rise of the quitters
on 20-something life called Quarter-Life Crisison the side. In a recent post, she argued that there must be a better way to build careers than a “relentless hustle” to reach the top, only to burn out at 40 from the effort of getting there.
For her generation, she says, the pressure to give 100% through GCSEs, A-levels, university and early careers feels relentless. “It truly felt as if I didn’t get the grades, the world would end,” she says, remembering the time she burst into tears in front of her family on getting a slightly lower grade than she’d wanted in an AS Level.
But ultimately, Keller argues, adults shouldn’t be afraid “to give up and in some sense take on the world’s ire when you do that, because you know it’s the right thing.” But how do you know when it’s genuinely right to quit and when you simply need a break?from a stressful job as head of a London primary school she had led out of special measures, she couldn’t at the time see another way out.
When she was younger, Keller admits, she was drawn to “the grand speech of renunciation”, but now she suspects dramatic flounces may be overrated. “What makes for a great movie scene doesn’t always make for a great life. It might feel terrific in the moment and then you’re sitting outside in your car, thinking, ‘OK, now what?’” Or to put it another way, whether or not you ultimately choose to resign, maybe refrain from filming it for TikTok.Quitting is an act of love.
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