You're just not happy in your work right now. Maybe this happened gradually, over time, or maybe—if you're honest—this is never the work you wanted to do. What you know is you want to make a change. But besides pie in the sky ideas (like starting a puppy therapy program even though you're allergic to [...]

Being persistent is a strength—right? I sure assumed it was for a long time. Whatever I went after, I went after hard—from becoming a faster runner in high school, to learning to speak Setswana in South Africa. I also kind of thrived on logging hours toward a goal because since I was working so hard, [...]