Changing careers? Give yourself time to grieve

It was the best of times, and it was also the most awful of times … Photo by @sharonmccutcheon

I was supposed to be happy.

I had gotten a job in my chosen Plan B career. All those years of working hard to upgrade my skills have finally paid off.

Yet, on my last day, as I placed goodbye cards on my colleagues’ desks before they came in, tears welled up.

I was saying goodbye, not just to my wonderful colleagues at the newspaper who have become like family to me, but also to to my long journalism...