Rambling On About My Resignation

Yesterday, I made the difficult decison to resign from my part-time retail job and I gave my two weeks notice. I figured that with me working this job at DORS and making enough $ I really don't need the extra money at my retail job or the stress. Although the point of me getting this job at DORS was to consolodate my work load, I still feel kinda bad about leaving my retail job for a variety of reasons, but I'm still sticking with my decision to leave.

Yes, this is a job I've worked at for four years (the longest I've ever been at a job to date) and I'm higly respected by my peers/the management and to tell the truth the job can be fun at times, but in these past four years I've missed out on so much. I had to work almost every holiday and with me working primarily on the weekends, I've missed out on so many social functions with my friends or my friends' Birthdays. Whenever I did need time off, I had to request for things month's in advance and that didn't necessarily mean I'd get the weekend/day off.

It will definitely be nice to have my weekends and holidays free and not have to stress out about working two jobs, but it will be a wierd adjustment. This retail job has been such a part of my life for the past four years, but the question is do I want this job to define who I am? It's just interesting how one can get so consumed with work that his/her job literally becomes an extension of themself and that really has been the case for me and this retail job. Also, it's sorta a security blanket. When I was working the retail job and my non-porift job, I could always pick up more hours at one job if the other one wasn't working out, but I guess I don't have to worry about that anymore being a Government employee and with me giving my two weeks I'm at least leaving on good terms and if I ever had to go back for whatever reasons, I could resume my old job, but why would I want to do that?