I’ve had an unconventional career. Over the years I've held a number of jobs post my IT job. Some of them include:
I was still feeling dissatisfied and not content with my choices. It showed up in various forms — lack of sleep, lack of interest in taking up any work tasks in a day, anxiety over a deadline, or mistakes in my marketing work. That is when I took up running. Not to forget the pandemic-induced fear of stepping out - which still persists.
Why I started running long distances?
My experiments with career choices & my pursuit of running came together around the same time. From making these number of unconventional career choices over a short span of my time on this pale blue dot — I realized I have always been re-adjusting to situations & finding my way around. It was hard not to apply the same lessons in both areas.
In 2019, a not-so-simple mistake after a long-distance run led to an injury. The pandemic happened immediately right after which led me to stop running.
Then everything changed.
A break was inevitable. I continued to volunteer at an ultra-run (any distance beyond 42kms) called Malnad Ultra. I said yes to more exciting, unconventional roles & got comfortable with being uncomfortable.