Hi All
Just wanting to reach out and relate to anybody who may feel the same as me about my job...
I'm signed off on medical leave currently (since Jan), caring for my wife and was curious whether anybody else is having major thoughts on a transitionary life change in terms of their job?
I'm 35 years old and having been supporting her on this journey since September 2021. In 2024 it spread to her brain and then in January this year, she's on the last recommended treatment available. I work in the finance industry, it's making me want to do something a lot more purposeful with my day-to-day than just sit behind a desk and helping the rich get richer. The people at my work are the only reason I'm really working there but the work itself I just find so so soulless. Whilst I am grateful for their support, I do feel slightly more 'cornered in' in that because the finance industry is the biggest where I live, other creative opportunities feel very hard to come by and I'm equally not in any position to commit to a university degree to re-qualify in something different.
I just know and feel that helping my wife day-to-day and seeing what she goes through, I get so much inspiration from her in terms of doing something more purposeful with my Life and I get this sense that a transition will come about in the not too distant future...
Keen to hear of anybody else's experiences and what angles (from a carer's perspective) it has taken you in.
