To be (your job) or not to be (your job)

Photo by Marten Bjork on Unsplash.

Over tea with a friend the other day, I happily counted down the few teaching days remaining in my academic career. She asked, “Having an identity crisis yet?” I was easily able to answer: “Not one bit.”

The dangers of identifying with our jobs have never been more obvious. From layoffs to the shocking decline of entire …