Being too comfortable in a career or relationship can lead to feelings of being both trapped and unhappy, and all too often we tell ourselves to just 'stick with' something, as quitting is quite often viewed as 'failing'. However, as discussed in this week's issue of Stylist, sometimes it is OK to quit - and we've spoken to two women who completely transformed their lives by simply having the courage to quit something that made them unhappy. Read their inspiring stories below...

"I quit my job and found a vocation"

Silk & Sawdust founder Claudia Orrell, 35, lives in Norwich

‘After a decade working my way up the publishing ladder I had all the trappings of a successful career. I earnt a great salary, spent a lot of money on clothes and holidays and all my friends and family loved seeing me in this glamorous job. But the novelty had begun to wear off; the sense of achievement I got from doing well or from being to be able to afford that new dress just didn’t compare to the idea of having the time to make something real of my life.

Then, in 2006, voluntary redundancy came up; in that moment I realised I could do something about it. Even thinking about it make me panic, the work colleagues I told thought I was crazy and my parents kept questioning if I’d really thought it through. But I took a blind leap of faith that something else would come up and told my manager I wanted to leave.'

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