CAREER: Navigating your way

​Her: My shift in careers has brought me more life and work learnings but less financial reward and slower climb up the corporate ladder. I have grown to choose my time and wellness over a time-hungry and overly jealous job. The latter changed me for the worse - my health, how I treat myself and other people. I was disappointed with how much time passed by without having been aware that I lived it.
 
Him: Working for an agency is a love-hate relationship and it is not for all. It takes so much courage, different mindset, conscious and unconscious decision to stay in the industry. Being able to finish work takes up a lot of time but it also gives a different sense of satisfaction that you cannot get anywhere else. What helps me are setting my limits and asking for help. I learned to value my limited time and energy so I can spend them on things that matter and those that make me happy. ​

​Him: While my expertise has spiked over the years, I find that one can be better with  experience on other types of work. Looking back, I should have jumped careers more. Work should be a vertical and horizontal journey which should allow you to meet a wider variety of people and problems to get exposed to more skills and ways of solving things.
 
Her: Some people have misunderstood "jumping careers" as the "search for what they love". The idea of working for or about your passion is disillusioned. It's only for those who are fortunate - have the resources, luck and opportunity to risk it all. It should be work that gives you the personal and career stability and growth. And having that is not such a tragedy.