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Career Change
He questions whether career change requires a kind of death to past identity.
The theme of career change is a significant thread throughout the archive, with posts like Die To One Life (2010), Everything Changes (2007), and Moving On (2008) highlighting the challenges and opportunities that come with transitioning to a new profession. In Everything Changes, Matthew Williamson announces his decision to leave his current job, citing the Buddhist teaching that everything is impermanent. A year later, in Moving On, he reflects on his time at Century Martial Arts and his decision to return to a technology company, suggesting a sense of restlessness and searching for the right fit. By 2010, in Die To One Life, he is quoting Anatole France on the melancholy of change, indicating a deeper understanding of the emotional complexities involved in career transitions. Overall, these posts suggest that career change is a process of growth, experimentation, and self-discovery.
3 posts, in order
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April 2007
Everything Changes
I read somewhere that when asked to sum up the teachings of The Buddha in one sentence, the Dalai Lama said, "Everything Changes." Yesterday I let my employer k...
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October 2008
Moving On
Tomorrow is my last day at Century Martial Arts. I am been here since May 2007, and it was a good time, but now I am going back to a technology company, where I...
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January 2010
Die To One Life
"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter a...