Changing careers: ‘I panicked only slightly when I handed in my resignation letter’
27 November 2013 | by Catherine Conroy |Irishtimes.com
I bought a house, then moved out. Marched against austerity. Tried to get thin. Had a romance. Finally, I packed in my legal career and moved to Norwich to do a master’s in creative writing.
In September I left my job and moved to Norwich to do a master’s in creative writing at the University of East Anglia.
I had been working as a solicitor in Dublin for six years. I was restless, but you don’t want to keep complaining about your job. So I tried hard to appreciate what I had. Perhaps I was just a bit depressed. I tried to have an Oprah-like gratitude for every lovely day. Appreciate, appreciate, be consciously grateful. I reminded myself that if I ran away, I’d have to take myself with me. I took up hobbies, joined a gospel choir, sang at music festivals. I baked. I joined a writing class and wrote as much as I could in my spare time.
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