of leaving your humdrum job for one you love amish who the switch from being banker to bestselling tells you how to make the leap in 2010 even dreaming of a shift in career i had read an article the harvard review which said that a generation there would be many who would change their careers at twice in their lives reaction when i article yeah but today my career is proof of that hypothesis anecdotal evidence suggests that there are many others who making similar moves i did nt to be an author it was a career that almost upon me because idea captured my soul and i to write it but writing as a hobby is very from writing as career i do nt come from a family i needed good career to pay my and meet my responsibilities pursue hobby pleasure if you can earn a living from it it can become a career us begin with the key to keep in mind if you are change careers in one line allow your to the destination but use your mind to plot course indeed you be passionate about your new career but unless you use brain to your you will meet with failure does one thisdont be starry eyed about the switch be honest and realistic about your new career always appears greener on the other side even a career like writing to popular perception has mundane and tedious moments there are only so many lit fests events you can and press interviews you can give before you find yourself sick of being on the road missing family and the predictability of a regular life but you have to do it because a book will not sell itself it needs to be marketed so nt be too starry eyed about your new career it your career it will have difficult moments however passion and drive pull you through those difficult periods a corollary to this is that the worst move to a new career is tedium with the old one and desire for escape that is immature in corporate lingo you must shift to a new career due to pull and not push factors two jobs beat broke unless you are one of the few who are born into a privileged family you have to be when you make it would be very immature make a career if you do nt have the skills the new career this that you need to work on your new career for few years while still keeping your old so if you have a business idea experiment with it for some time before you the plunge i for example