3 lessons on how to have a long, fulfilling career I learned from my cats
From adapting to change to being forgiving and finding peace, Alyssa Abkowitz’s cats provide a road map to career longevity.
Recently, I had to put down my 20-year-old cat. The timeline was sudden. On a Friday morning, I took her to the vet and she was gone by that evening. Aside from meowing loudly, Paku was still her affable self. But blood work revealed she was most likely suffering from cancer and kidney failure. Because of her age, and because she had also stopped eating and drinking, the most compassionate thing to do was let her go.