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3 Weeks to D-Day
Jan. 31st, 2026 10:00 pmIt's only 3 weeks until D-Day. That's how I think about the day I plan to tender my resignation: it's D-Day.
D-Day is not the end, of course. It's only when I submit my 2 week notice. So, unless something happens to change my planned timeline, I have 5 more weeks of work at this point.
What could change my plans? A few things, none of which I think are particularly likely.
For one, at sales kickoff (SKO) in 2 weeks I could be nominated to Club again. If I make Club, and it's not somewhere we're uninterested in going (Hawk and I are kind of done with Los Cabos, Cancún, and a few Caribbean islands) I will seriously consider staying at the job through, say, May to enjoy the free trip. But I think my chances of making Club again this year are small.
Two, the company could entice me to stay longer by offering me more money. I've already thought about what my demand would be... and it's going to be steep. There's effectively zero chance they'd offer me enough to stay another full year but it's possible they might offer enough to entice me to stay a few months. I think it's still unlikely they'd meet my demand for even the short term, but it's possible.
Meanwhile, with retirement likely just 5 weeks away, I'm still experiencing unexpected anxiety about it. I am feeling a bit more at ease about it now than 4 days ago. Perhaps as I get closer to D-Day it feels more like a fait accompli and thus I sweat it less.
D-Day is not the end, of course. It's only when I submit my 2 week notice. So, unless something happens to change my planned timeline, I have 5 more weeks of work at this point.
What could change my plans? A few things, none of which I think are particularly likely.
For one, at sales kickoff (SKO) in 2 weeks I could be nominated to Club again. If I make Club, and it's not somewhere we're uninterested in going (Hawk and I are kind of done with Los Cabos, Cancún, and a few Caribbean islands) I will seriously consider staying at the job through, say, May to enjoy the free trip. But I think my chances of making Club again this year are small.
Two, the company could entice me to stay longer by offering me more money. I've already thought about what my demand would be... and it's going to be steep. There's effectively zero chance they'd offer me enough to stay another full year but it's possible they might offer enough to entice me to stay a few months. I think it's still unlikely they'd meet my demand for even the short term, but it's possible.
Meanwhile, with retirement likely just 5 weeks away, I'm still experiencing unexpected anxiety about it. I am feeling a bit more at ease about it now than 4 days ago. Perhaps as I get closer to D-Day it feels more like a fait accompli and thus I sweat it less.
