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Identity transitions: Accepting that you are not just what you do
When you relinquish your professional role, it is hard to accept the loss of status and privileges. Crafting a new identity requires you to tell a new story about yourself.
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It is important to have a life outside work, so you can have an identity outside your job, says the writer.
ST ILLUSTRATION: MIEL
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I was filling up an immigration card recently when I came across the column: Occupation.
I paused.
