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“For me, this picture symbolises the path to peace I’m currently carving out for myself, as I quit my job to focus on that for a while” — The coast of the Baltic sea in Latvia
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“I took the attached picture years ago at an airport (a man was wearing a jacket with a patch). It helps me keep moving forward in my own creative journey and in my career. It could help others who were laid off stay positive and focus on what's ahead.”
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Miriam Partington is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the DACH region and the future of work, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow her on X and LinkedIn