At almost 42, I have already lived through more professional reinventions than I can easily count.

My life did not follow the straight, reassuring line people like to present in biographies and professional profiles: study, graduate, build a career in the same field, progress steadily and eventually arrive somewhere that looks like success. I have two degrees, a master’s degree and an almost-completed doctorate, yet I do not work even 20% in the areas for which I originally trained.

That is the truth. It is not a carefully polished version of it.

Is this the career I dreamed of?

No.

That answer does not frighten me anymore.

Do I regret rebuilding myself as a translator, content localizer, transcreator and specialist in MTPE, linguistic evaluation and AI training?

Never.

This career may not be the one I imagined at the beginning, but it is mine. I have built it through real work, continuous learning and a refusal to confuse a changed direction with a wasted life.

At almost 42, I am not starting from nothing.

I am starting from everything I have survived, studied, taught, translated, questioned, and learned.

I have on my background Archaeology Studies, Music Studies, Musicology Research Strategies, and so, so much more!

And I am still building. I will rise as many times as necessary.
Because of me?
No.

For my family.

They are the most important pillar that allows me to do that.
I have one life – nothing obliges me to have one single career.

Especially not my family. I will rebuild myself as many times as necessary for them.