Change

Lost job, new start, second half. Notes for everyone standing in between.

Sascha Schulz: Gesturing in a light blue shirt
  • Screenprint collage: a paper ladder leaning on an empty door frame with a gold circle beyond

    Hands Up Is Not a Strategy

    The first hundred days after losing a job decide less about money than about self-image. Three rules help: sort, speak, begin.

  • Screenprint collage: a sports field from above, the second half in gold and rose, a ball on the centre spot

    The Second Half

    After fifty, a career is not wound down but rebuilt. The demographics demand it, prejudice resists it, and curiosity is the method that works.