Tony Li's ShiftLog

Time is nearly upon me to do what I've been planning to do for the past 18 months and finally leave the UK to volunteer abroad. I leave on the 16th of April and I'll be spending 5.5 months in Delhi working for an environmental charity and then a further 3-4 months travelling back to the UK very slowly indeed. More

Whilst volunteering is all well and good, the cash flow is trickling in. Time to widen the banks! More

Last time I wasn't feeling too positive, but now things have settled and are starting to come together. The future's bright; the future's Morange. More

Given it's only been two weeks you'd think I'd be fairly positive about my move. The problem is I'm still a bit 'wibbly' [techincal term] about the whole thing. That at the end of it, I will end up finding my calling in life and not fail, returning to a mundane 5-day week. More

After finally handing in my notice, a sudden thought dawns on my brow: I've left the planning stage of careershifting and I'm into the shifting part of shifting.

Zoiks! More

For me, this blog was never just meant to be about the search for a new career. There are so many other factors that are affected indirectly as a result of a change in direction, and I think they're just as important to express. More

A session with an astrologer can throw up some interesting findings. More

So part of my career shift involves some coaching. To get a fresh set of eyes and an experienced brain to help me work on a problem I've been struggling with for the past few years. Tonight I saw a Career Coach and tonight I have a lot to think about. More

So there I was. Staring at a computer screen wondering what on earth I was doing there. Six weeks into a Graduate Trainee scheme and the job I thought would be the change I needed was anything but. Six weeks is not a long time, I know. But that moment has sparked off a change in my mental state which has given me a new found sense of hope for the future. More