Leaving a job in a way I didn't choose stayed with me longer than I wanted

Leaving a job in a way I didn't choose stayed with me longer than I wanted

Not because the job was that important. But because it left me with a story about myself that was hard to replace.

I've talked to a lot of people recently who left their last role in a way that didn't feel great. Let go, pushed out, or chose to leave because staying was costing them too much. And they weren't underperformers; they consistently delivered. But something about the way it ended left them feeling diminished.

Two weeks out or two years out, they're still feeling weighed down by it.

I've been there. More than once. And what I know now is that the job ending wasn't the hard part. The hard part was the story it left behind, and facing that story long enough to replace it.

Writing a new story takes longer than it should.
(Which also pisses me off, but that's another post.)

What's one thing that helped you rewrite the story after an ending you didn’t choose?

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And if you're still working through it, I'd love to talk.
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