Don't Let the Sun Go Down

by Ava Cuvay

Last Friday was my last day at the day job. After having a month to emotionally prepare for the inevitable, I was in a good mind-set. I’d been through most of the stages of mourning for the job—and the co-workers—I was losing. Since this was a company merger, many of us were in the same boat. A merger means change for everyone, those leaving as well as those staying on. And I think everyone felt that “ending” keenly.

I couldn’t have scripted a better last day. Fortune was on our si...