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#963 Chris Hoy Stopping Work Changed Me

Chris Hoy

I'm really proud of all my work - I've done so much and worked with so many communities, using learner lead techniques, puppets, creativity, movement, play. Everyone enjoys those things.

It changed me, stopping work and then not having a purpose that inspires me. All of a sudden I can find myself feeling like a big bag of nothing. Maybe this is partly because of my age and partly because I worked in a time where there were fantastic work opportunities, I could be free to work in a way that made a real impact and there weren't the kinds of barriers there are now. I wonder how did it go from this to zero, nothing, everything has changed and it feels so hard to know how to use my skills but in a way that suits my energy now.


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The author feels proud of their past work using creative and learner-led techniques, but struggles with finding purpose and using their skills in a way that suits their current energy level due to changes in the work landscape.