Hi Jamie

I completely understand how you are feeling. I once had a job that also included everyone around me identifying me as that person and when I left they also struggled as I no longer had an identity and as we know much of our lives are spent being put in categories and boxes by everyone else. But what I came to realise was that I had lost my purpose. I had made my job my life’s purpose, it was how I gauged my success, my worth, my identity. So over the last few years I have gone on another journey to identify what my purpose is an now I see wotk only as a small part of it. I would suggest that you look for the good things in your current job. My current job allows me to fulfil my purpose away from the work enviroment and made me realise I am more than a job and worth so much more. I then took the opportunity to design a new purpose in which the role and purpose work played was less then previously and reduced my expectations of what this played in my life. I have found things I do enjoy and have accepted what part it now playes which is significantly reduced and I know enjoy the fact that I have other priorities and purpose in my life. Enjoy the opportunity it is presenting and see where the journey will take you. P.S. after 2 years another opportunity presented itself which I am now moving onto however the experienced gained in the role I had has played a bit part in allowing me to move onto the new role. Enjoy xx