Slow AscentThe sum total of my being unemployedI’ve spoken at length of what I did while unemployed. I later realised (while brushing my teeth) that these seemingly separate and…Oct 9, 2017Oct 9, 2017
Slow AscentAll that mental SPACEIn a previous post, I wrote about how leaving my job left me with no external matrix for the valuation of my self-worth and identity. I had…Oct 1, 2017Oct 1, 2017
Slow AscentA compass without a mapI recently wrote about how I: (a) had a plan for my life and career; (b) realised it was a bad plan; (c) ditched it in a fit of…Jun 15, 2017Jun 15, 2017
Slow AscentWe’ve only just begun…Since leaving, the days are as I expected. I wake at the respectable hour of 9 am to check on my basil and dill plants. They’re fragile…May 17, 2017May 17, 2017
Slow AscentHere’s to not having a Plan.Before making a decision, I check for blind spots by “polling the audience” of my life. The most common response to quitting my job was…Apr 8, 2017Apr 8, 2017
Slow AscentHow I got the point of quitting my jobMy decision to leave my job wasn’t born in a day. It is the (anti-)climax of one and a half years of painful wrestling and questioning of…Mar 26, 2017Mar 26, 2017
Slow AscentThe Beginning of the EndI’ve got about a month before I clear my desk, hand over my files, and say a heart-wrenching goodbye to colleagues who have, over the last…Mar 3, 2017Mar 3, 2017