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#127 The Art of Quitting & Reinvention - Nina Simon on living "off the grid" in an intentional community, taking "turns" in marriage and work, having kids on an unconventional path & leaving her dream job at NASA
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd
Are You Writing a Novel, Ironically?
I've never wanted to feel so attached to a job or a version of myself that I couldn't feel good about chucking it, you know? Like, when I ran this museum, I always had in my mind, I can't stay for more than 10 years. And I left after eight, and I thought that was about right. When you start to stay too long, you feel like the organization is you, and M vice versa. Without, and you start to clutch onto it in this way that it feels unhealthy for both you and the organization. So there's a sense that of non-attachment that like, don't take yourself so seriously.
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