Almost two weeks ago I lost my job after working for the same company for almost 15 years.

Over the course of my employment with this company I moved across state lines twice, slept on couches and rented rooms from strangers, and found myself making the impossible happen in different parts of the world and in different languages.

Would I trade these experiences in for a nice, stable, office job? I wouldn’t give up these memories for the world – they helped define me into the person that I’ve become today. But now it’s time to move onto the next chapter of my life and begin growing into the person that I need to become.