When You Need to Escape, Build Your Own Countdown Clock

*My brand-new book, Born for This, is all about helping you find the work you were meant to do. This series explores some of these lessons.

Lesson: When you’re trying to escape a dead-end job or any other undesirable situation, create a calendar and count down the days to freedom.

My dad worked as an aerospace engineer for several decades, but the final years weren’t as enjoyable as the earlier ones. It was probably my fault: I wasn’t there to help test the space shuttle (like I did when I...