GoKawiilEntrepreneur contributor describes forced retirement from occupational therapy due to illness
An Entrepreneur opinion contributor, a former occupational therapist, writes that she ignored worsening health symptoms because leaving her career felt riskier than her illness. She was eventually forced into retirement by her declining health, and describes grieving the loss of her professional identity before unexpectedly feeling relief. She argues the experience revealed that she had conflated her job title with her sense of purpose.