This question of what to call yourself when caregiving outweighs professional work cuts deep. So much of our identity gets outsourced to a title, and when it shifts we feel like we've lost something — but maybe what's actually happening is the borrowed definition falling away so a truer one can form. The work isn't reclaiming the old label; it's noticing which parts were ever really you. Thoughtful piece.
This question of what to call yourself when caregiving outweighs professional work cuts deep. So much of our identity gets outsourced to a title, and when it shifts we feel like we've lost something — but maybe what's actually happening is the borrowed definition falling away so a truer one can form. The work isn't reclaiming the old label; it's noticing which parts were ever really you. Thoughtful piece.
“the borrowed definition falling away so a truer one can form” — I love this! Thanks for sharing, Jimmy.