The Unbearable Lightness of Being

As you may know from the landing page of my website, I am reinventing myself. I have been learning about technical writing and currently I am taking a full-stack course, not only to understand the theory and practice of writing and 'how to influence people', but also what sits behind the scenes of web development, coding, and SaaS.

I live in the northern hemisphere, autumn is closing in on us. Last week the smells changed, the light shifted, summer slipped away. The mood of the world tugged at mine and today I feel, as they say in London, under the weather. It is nearly a year since I took my exams and passed them with flying colours yet, I still haven’t found a first role that lets me step into technical writing. I’m questioning my sanity for changing careers, just a little.

I feel like when I first read Milan Kundera's 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being', swimming in a sea of self-doubt and sadness, wrapped in the awareness that the natural world holds an undeniable beauty. The type of beauty that every time I stop and look, really look, brings tears to my eyes. But, I still feel out of control and unsure of what I am really doing...

Every morning feels like I have to reinvent myself...I still don't know what I am doing.

PS In my opinion, the film 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being', is brilliantly put together, but it has nothing to do with Milan Kundera's work.