A Hypothetical Question

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If you won millions of dollars in the lottery, would you keep your job?

This might sound like like a strange question but in a way it has some personal relevance to me. I know I'd be a better person if I quit my part time job and got a full time job it's just that I find it hard to get motivated when I already have a source of income outside of work.

I would not keep my job.

I would keep my job. I find that days that are structured, like weekdays, are easier than days that are not structured, like weekends. I really like my job too. But then, I work from home on my own so it is very easy in terms of sensory issues. On weekends, with a whole day stretched out in front of me, even though I have tons of hobbies, it leaves me feeling scared. I have big troubles with executive function and a day without structure is hard.

I would quit my job (which I loathe) and volunteer at something that is important to me.

Not likely, since I don't play the lottery, but if that kind of money fell in my lap, I'd open my own Tattoo Studio, but I'd only work it a couple days a week, and only by appointment, no walk-ins.

Bloody hell ! !! OF COURSE NOT ! !!

I'd cause a ruckus and quit ! !!

Oh I'd soooooo quit my job! Because even though I'm self employed at something that is the least stressful situation I could think of for myself, I still would rather not have to deal with it if I had a choice.

And I'd be supremely happy. I positively thrive when I've had time off, or an extended break from it, as I've already found.

I would spend all my free time finally pursuing the things I already love to do but can't devote as much time to as I'd like, and often don't have enough energy for after a workday or week.

I can see how someone who loves their job, is in the optimal work situation for them, or feels fulfilled by it would think twice about giving it up. But my work doesn't meet those descriptions, and if I were to be independently wealthy it would be a hardship to keep doing it rather than to give it up.

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The moral thing to do would be to quit the job because then it will be a vacancy for someone who needs it.

I would not quit it, at least not right away. I'd hate to be stuck at home without people around me at least some part of the week. And I'm not social enough to count on myself for finding something else so quickly, volunteering or not.

Sure, that money woud make me feel a lot more secure, but it would not change who I am. I would no doubt still be struggling with motivation issues and depression.

So most would quit. Fascinating.
This makes me wonder if I should quit my part time job and get a full time job when I don't need the money that much.

It really depends on what sort of structure you need. I would not quit, but I would cut back to part time. I'm currently at 60 hours a week and it looks like that may go up. It's stressful, but not dreadful.

I could no longer imagine not having a job.

this depends on the job; i might quit the specific job, but i will keep doing some work: most likely volunteering somewhere; just to keep myself busy

I would finidh my current project, maybe go to a programming boot camp, try to get a decent, low-stress, part-time coding career going.
I'd pay off my mom's mortgage, buy a house, go to festivals & parties, travel, eat sushi a lot.
I'd probably still want to feel productive though, so I'd likely still do some work.

I always felt like a useless loser before I started working.
I'd rather not feel that way again.