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title: 3 Signs It's Time to Quit Your Job — Even If You Don't Have Another One Lined Up
description: Tess Vigeland, former anchor of Marketplace and author of Leap, shares her advice and tips on when is the right time to quit a job.
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published: '2015-10-22T16:43:32.000Z'
modified: '2024-05-07T10:18:13.000Z'
section: Career Advice
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*Feeling exhausted.*

Tess Vigeland, who wrote [Leap: Leaving a Job with No Plan B to Find the Career and Life You Really Want](http://www.amazon.com/Leap-Leaving-Plan-Career-Really/dp/0804140758), has three tips for figuring out when it's time to leave your job.

**You have too much self-respect to stay.** If you feel you're undervalued or there is managerial abuse, it's time to go," says [Vigeland](http://www.tessvigeland.com), the former anchor of the public radio show *Marketplace Money.*

**You have sudden health issues.** "Your body will scream at you," she says. If you feel some odd, unexplained physical ailment, it may be your body telling you the stress is getting too much.

**You're asking, "How will I know it's time to go?"** If you're already asking yourself this, it's probably past the time to find something new.

***Read next: My Boss Won’t Let Me Quit My Job***

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