When I got back from Australia, however, I was completely over the idea of summer work. I needed my summer and I needed my freedom, but they had held my job for me and I couldn’t just quit now. And so I did what I thought was less of a terrible move and just stopped showing up after a couple weeks. I thought it would make me an awful person to quit flat out. What would I even say? It’s similar to when you’re dating someone and you don’t want to break up with them because it’s too hard and involves awkward confrontation, so you just start becoming a terrible partner hoping they’ll wise up and
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