How the death of my Mum changed my perspective on life
— part 1: what’s wrong
My Mum passed away in April 2020. Suddenly. My world broke apart on that day and I am still barley holding on to sanity.
She had an amazing and fulfilled life and died when she was 72 years old. Until recently I was pretending that it didn’t bother me too much and was playing it down. Fact is that it bothered me massively and it caused a series of new thoughts as well as real changes I applied to my life and career over the last months.
I want to share my thoughts and give you an overview of the changes I introduced in my life and hope that it will give you something to hold on to, when you face a similar situation.
Just to be clear here, I don’t wish for any of you to experience the passing of a close person. In the same time it is rather unlikely that this will never happen. If you live long enough and cultivate relationships with other people it will become incredibly important to develop strategies to deal with the ultimate loss.
Before we deep dive into the thoughts and changes I introduced in my life you will need to get a bit of background information concerning my life and me as a person.
I am now almost 40, have a wife and a daughter. I also look back at a successful career in…
