From Stockbroker to Singer-songwriter “I found an old career questionnaire response I'd written. It said 'If I could do anything in the world, I'd be a popstar.' Suddenly, the truth was loud.”
From Advertising to Published Author “More and more I was finding that my heart wasn't in it, yet I was still working just as hard. Something had to change.”
From Opera to Campaign NGO “It was a terrifying moment. I knew I'd finally made the decision, and I had no idea where to go from there.”
From Criminal Law to Supporting Social Enterprise “I miss the rush of the court room, but I don't miss the sense of futility, the insecurity or the poor work environment.”
From Newspaper Sales to Magazine Entrepreneur “I kept thinking: 'I can do what this job asks of me, but I hate what it stands for.”
From Visual Effects to Kitesurfing “I figured there was more to life than working 70-hour weeks, and climbing the ladder towards a higher salary.”
From the Corporate World to the Natural World “I started to become afflicted by a queasy feeling that my work life was a sham.”
From Marketing to Meditation “I'd known for a while that I wasn’t fulfilled by the role. However I didn’t know what to do next.”
From City Law to Politics “I didn't want to be the people 10 years ahead of me; their work seemed unfulfilling and irrelevant.”
From the Law to the Waves and the Stage “If you wanted to make a career of it you had to make it your life. But I wanted to work to live, not live to work.”
From Tax Accountant to Freelance Journalist, Editor and Writer “Somehow I'd squashed those childhood desires, in order to get a 'proper job'.”
