A career change is an ending and a beginning, tangled together. Western culture focuses on the beginning — the new opportunity, the fresh start, the reinvention. Mono no aware asks you to also honour the ending. What did you learn in the role you are leaving? What was beautiful about it? What part of yourself did you discover there?

Going Deeper

Explore this concept further in Mono no Aware by Takeshi Mori.

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