Coaching practices for What to Do Before Quitting a Job You Hate

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• There’s one hard thing I’m dreading, so I "warm up" on easy busywork to feel productive
• I’ve got a big move (or a new job) coming up in a couple of months, and I can feel it’s a rare chance to start fresh
• I think my boss is about to make the wrong call and I’m biting my tongue to keep the peace, then quietly stewing about it after
• On my most brutal days I just bolt from my desk the second I can, skipping any wind-down
• I either cling to something long after it’s clearly not working because quitting feels like giving up, or I bail the first day my motivation dips

Practices that may help

1. Do the hardest task first
   Tackle your single most important, most-dreaded task before anything else in the day.
   Eat That Frog, Made Practical
2. Identify and anticipate upcoming transition windows
   Treat approaching life changes as scheduled opportunities for habit installation — plan before the transition, not after.
   The Habit Discontinuity Effect
3. Disagree with your manager constructively
   State your disagreement clearly, give your reasoning, and then commit to the decision — without sacrificing either honesty or loyalty.
   Managing Up: Practical Skills for Working with Your Boss
4. Protect the shutdown time from late-day urgency
   The moment you are most tempted to skip the shutdown is the moment you most need it.
   The Shutdown Ritual, Made Practical
5. Pre-set your exit criteria
   Decide in advance what result would make you stop, continue, or scale up.
   Tiny Experiments: Testing Change Without Committing to It
6. Review every open task at day’s end
   Before closing, scan every project and task list to confirm nothing is unacknowledged.
   The Shutdown Ritual, Made Practical
7. Exit obligations gracefully and early
   When you realize a commitment was a mistake, exit cleanly before deeper entrenchment — not later.
   Essentialism: The Art of Eliminating the Non-Essential
8. Apply the matrix at the role level, not just the task level
   Audit which of your entire roles or commitments are Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4 — not just individual tasks.
   The Eisenhower Life Audit
9. Use the unschedule: schedule leisure before work
   Block out guaranteed leisure and social time first, then fit work into what remains.
   The Now Habit, Made Practical
10. Follow shutdown with a clear transition activity
    Immediately after the shutdown phrase, do something non-work-related to mark the transition.
    The Shutdown Ritual, Made Practical

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