Walking off job to make up for absent dreams

The 10-Chinese-character resignation letter of a middle school teacher in Zhengzhou of Henan province has gone viral on the Internet. Her letter simply says: "The world is big, and I want to see it." But it has inspired many netizens, including young and senior employees, and even company CEOs, to imitate interesting resignation letters.

What these resignation letters all have in common is that they express the writers' dissatisfaction with their daily routines, and their eagerness to explore new, what they see as greener, pastures.

Resigning from a job in search of greater success or to pursue personal goals is nothing new. Recent years have seen some people quitting their jobs without having landed another; they call the period between jobs the gap year or gap period. The usual excuses for leaving a job include, "going home to get married" or "further studies".