Having long since grown irritated with my job, I have quit without much fanfare but with a few nice flourishes.
Have you, for example, ever seen or read "Fight Club"? A very interesting film and book. One character makes a habit of inserting single frames of... interesting material into the films he shows. I had also had the opportunity to tell the manager exactly where he could put his managerial style, and to ensure certain back pay will be paid out.
It wasn't a difficult decision to make, obviously, but I did not take it without securing some employment elsewhere - in my case in a small electronics store. Mostly retail, some repair, a lot of giving advice. The owner had been thinking of retiring, closing the shop completely, but I and a few other fans of the store were able to convince him to keep an interest, and let us run things. The pay is reasonable, not as much as before, but there is no need to travel an additional two (or more) hours.
There are definite advantages to it, even with a small drop in wage. Firstly, I do not have to travel; this means not only do I save substantially in fuel and car servicing, I also get time in the evening to tend my growing garden - savings which more than compensate for the pay drop. Secondly, and importantly, it allows me the chance to not be in the city.
Consider most survival scenarios - a city becomes a very dangerous place, and getting caught in one is a problem. Obviously, keeping away from a city is a good thing; it must be balanced with certain conveniences that the city brings. Getting caught when the roads are blocked because everyone is trying to leave in a panic is difficult, but so is getting access to things by living as far as possible from "civilisation". I have decided that, as compromises go, living a little over an hour's travel from the city, on acreage, working in a satellite township, and going into the city the once or twice a week that I need is, while not ideal, at least leaves some of the worse problems behind.
So, I have started a new job. Another useful aspect is that many people in the area want solar panels, and plenty of other alternatives to mainstream technology. There are the people that classify camping as having all "conveniences" - such as television; there are plenty of the type who give a good reason for the need for thinning out of the species, and who would be unlikely to survive any major troubles for long. Yet, there are some who have a certain level of awareness...