I also kinda frowned upon the sentence "have been living with a depression for the last 7 years". Of course I cannot know for sure, but I know these days there's too much people using 'depression' to describe the typical not-so-happy feeling any sane human has from time to time about himself or the world. And that comes nowhere close to a _true_ depression.
Honestly, I wasn't going to put Apple in the title to being with. But someone convinced me I should. Kinda wish I didn't now.
This article has no substance, and even if it did, he was not at Apple for very long.
>In March of this year, as close to 5 months ago as makes no difference, I quit my job. It was my first full time job, and I had worked there for all but 4 years.
Huh? Am I failing reading comprehension here? I think I have a sinus infection but I don't think my brain is THAT off today...
The one that stood out for me though - was being healthy and losing weight. It can be just as difficult to be healthy when you're doing nothing, when you're travelling, when you're working for the man, when you're doing 80 hours a week in your own startup -- or even this guy, who says he was in his (perhaps) ideal job.
A lifestyle reboot has it's place, but I've found thought-processes like "if I wasn't working here I would be healthy" are rarely true.
Before starting this role, I was working towards losing weight and had lost about 14lbs. I have a plan, and the job doesn't fit it at the moment.
Good luck.
If I can inspire one person to do something they love rather than do something they think they're expected to do, even better.
This was not intended to be shared on a site like this, it was written with those around me in mind. It just so happens I like Medium.
If you think that I wasn't here very long, that's fine. If you don't like the content, that's fine. You weren't the target audience. I just posted something to explain to those around me why I was making what a lot of them thought was a bad choice.
