It's such a common experience that after working for 15+ years, going into the office starts to feel draining. The excitement just isn't there any more. And you're not getting the kind of fulfillment that makes you happy. You think about another role, another team, another company, but you know in your heart of hearts that it will likely be more of the same. The same work. The same politics. The same draining issues. You feel stuck. But you can’t just get up and quit. And bes

4 years ago, I hit a low point in my career. Looking back, I had been heading there for a while. I just couldn’t see it yet. I had spent years striving, proving myself, chasing promotions, trying to “make it”… while ignoring a deeper truth: I needed something more. The confusing part was that there wasn’t anything technically wrong at work. There were parts of my job I genuinely liked. A big one being the paycheck and all of the amazing luxuries that it afforded me—the trips,

For years, I felt bad every day before, during, and after work. I’m talking about intense anxiety. A constant fear that I was going to get fired. This underlying sense that I couldn’t trust the people around me. And the confusing part was… nothing was actually happening. I remember one morning really noticing it. I was getting ready for work and I stopped and thought, Why do I feel like this? There were a few people who came to mind as triggers, but if I was being honest, not