When we think about career change, we often imagine a complete reinvention. And sometimes it is that. But other times, it’s about adapting and deepening within the same world, taking your skills in a new direction you might not have considered.

Whether realistic or not, I do consider myself the healthiest person I know at my age plus 10 years in either direction. Being “healthy” is my identity. But getting a cancer diagnosis made it real: none of that matters, I am a mere mortal after all.