From Horse Training to SEO “I was ignoring my instincts for the pay cheque, beginning to resent riding and losing my lifelong love of being in the saddle.”
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.”