What if your job was never your dream—and you stayed anyway?
Accepting the life I built took thirty-nine years. For most of them, I built a career without the spark people insist you're supposed to have. I didn't chase a calling. I didn't reinvent myself. I simply worked, provided, and kept going, while a small voice in the background wondered if I'd settled. Corporate buyouts, management shake-ups, and soul-sucking meetings fed that doubt too. And underneath all of it was one question that never quit: What am I doing here?
After I retired, I went looking for validation—a book about someone who chose the steady road and didn't regret it. I couldn't find it.
Engineering the Soul is that story: a candid, often funny memoir about self-doubt, duty, ambition, and the long, imperfect process of accepting the life you built.