2024-10-28 I did the thing you’re not supposed to do. I quit my job at Stripe without another lined up. Before I left I pondered deeply how I wanted to leave. The thought of leaving my job was terrifying yet energizing in ways I didn’t expect. I found myself up in the middle of the night thinking deeply. I wrote my long-form thoughts as an internal blog post. I rewrote them. I read them to my wife who helped me refine them into something closer to what I really care about: telling our stories m...