I never thought I’d be writing this, but I’ve quit teaching. For a long time, I told myself to push through. That things would get better. That the workload, the pressure, and the constant feeling of being “on” would eventually ease. But it didn’t. Instead, I reached a point where I had to be honest with myself: I wasn’t happy, and I couldn’t see a future where I would be. So I made the decision to leave—without having another job lined up. Making that decision was scary, but