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Six Torontonians who traded their full-time jobs for happiness

I Quit

Some people were forced to reinvent themselves because of the pandemic. Others decided they just wanted to. Memoirs from six Torontonians who traded their full-time jobs for happiness

Interviews by Samantha Edwards, Isabel B. Slone, Rebecca Tucker and Andrea Yu| Photography by Vanessa Heins
| January 12, 2022
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