New year's resolutions: quitting your job, cooking from scratch and shopping sustainably — theguardian.com

As many of us are heading back to work after the Christmas break, the reality of dealing with co-workers you dislike and tasks you detest can seem like an unnecessarily cruel jolt of reality. For most of us, this feeling wears off: we forget the halcyon days of beach summers and overseas trips and we may even start to derive a measure of pleasure from our work once more. For others, however, it is a wake-up call, tipping point, D-day. They don’t want to work for someone else. They want to follow their own passion, and for many this means running their own business.

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