To those that feel they must be concerned,

To those that feel they must be concerned,

I am officially resigning from living “in the box”. I did everything that was expected by me in this role: I graduated high school, attended college, got a good career, got married, bought a house, and had a child. While I do not regret this experience, I have outgrown fitting into societal norms and have determined I am embarking on a new role.

I won’t be abandoning all my current duties. I will still be fulfilling all my duties associated with “mom” role. I will continue to nurture, provide, protect and other parental duties assigned to my role with continuing work focused on coaching my offspring to be a good human being who makes wise decisions as she reaches maturity. In partnership with “mom” role, I will still maintain the “homeowner” role, as it will provide me with the opportunity to invest in a forever location for my offspring and the role of “apartment-dweller” is beyond my current financial scope. I may opt into the “traveling” or “tiny house” roles, but that will be many years from now. I am continuing to keep options open as new achievements are unlocked. Lastly, I will also continue to be a productive member of society and maintain a job while continuing further education as a means to keep my skills attuned in my industry.

As for the roles I will no longer be fulfilling moving forward, “wife” is being removed from my resume. In agreement with the person, known as “husband,” cofacilitating this project known as “marriage”, we have exhausted all the ideas we had to make this a successful partnership. After 14 years, we have deemed that our partnership is better utilized as “friends” and “co-parents”. So far, we have managed to have a more productivity in these new roles and have revamped the stereotypes of “ex-husband” and “ex-wife”. We will continue to reside in the same dwelling until our offspring has reached the legal age of adulthood or until we can no longer effectively collab respectfully, whichever comes first. I currently have someone in the role of “boyfriend” who is exceeding expectations of all duties assigned to him and has the potential to promote to the vacant position of “husband” in the future, but that business arrangement will be evaluated later.

This past year, I embarked on a new role in “resilience support”. It was ill-advised as it was a decrease in financial stability, but I find my mental stability has tripled in profits. When discussed with peers, they make it transparent that societal servitude must be work that pays well but is unloved by the servant. I find this to be a weird role and have decided to be more experimental in my servitude. So far, data states that this has been a more profitable endeavor and has been an inspirational perspective for my colleagues.

There are other oppositional practices I have developed that, while small in effect on others, have been substantial for personal development. Such practices include, practicing paganism, living with neurodivergence, polyamory, and guiltless indulgence in introverted practices. They have become less of resignation to society and more apart of the qualities of a burnt-out female of the Millennial generation. Although my hobbies of rapidly consuming books, plants, cooking, minimizing socializing, and preferring to be in bed by 9PM would suggest that I come from an older time.

Furthermore, I have discovered numerous viruses in my programming and am currently working to remove the malware. Such outdated programs such as “original sin”, “subservience”, and “obedience” have been immediately identified and replaced with the updated “witchcraft”, “feminist” and “free-will” hardware. Recently, I took out the “people-pleasing” and “self-gaslighting” programs that were introduced by either society or previous partners and have installed virus protection called “healing traumas”. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to do anything about the “perimenopause” that recently developed, and I have been told by IT that it is something I am stuck with. However, they assure me that I will adapt as time passes and that it’s a normal process with my aging system. They suggest keeping up regular maintenance to decrease the probability of symptoms becoming viral. I find that the “supplements” and “therapy” cookies seem to be keeping the “perimenopause” from vastly effecting other systems.

In conclusion, I am resolving living by the standard operating procedures of many of my peers and opting to customize my remaining life expectancy to do what brings me joy rather than cultivating it to fit into the norms of others. Some procedures may be barely noticeable while others may leave spectators with numerous questions. I have reviewed this resignation with professionals, and they highly encourage I do so for the betterment of my health. Regardless, I will not be answering anyone but myself. These changes will take effect immediately.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns…. You can kindly stick it where the sun doesn’t shine.

I quit!

Best regards,

Shannon