“So, what do you do?”

I met someone recently and attempted to do that small talk thing, which, as an introvert, I generally find as pleasant as a paper cut to the eyeball. But just when I was expecting that boring old “So, what to you do?” question – she shocked me by asking me how I “spent my time.”

I loved that. That had such a sense of depth to it. Because none of us need tobe defined by our jobs.

Since bailing on and starting over, I’ve donea lot of things. I’ve been an animal shelter voluntee...