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Moving On - A Consultant's journey

I am moving on to a new client. Consulting, by nature, is a good thing. You get to learn a lot. Having said that, Projects get over, You move forward to other things. Its hard some times, emotionally. You get attached to people around you. and Then You see you have to go. I am strongly attached to this team.

This a consultants life. I know. Even though I understand the practical ramifications, I still feel a little bad about *going away*. I am gonna miss the team for sure. So as a consultant I am supposed to reach an agreement with this fact. I am single. I can. But What when I get married? How will my fiance take it? How about when I have kids? I cannot dare imagine what would be going through my kid's mind if I do this to him.

So My advice is, Keep Consulting until you get married. You can consult part time after, but stick to a good old full time job.

My consolation for now is that I can be looking forward to better things. And I hope there will be. This gets me excited at the same time. :) Cheer up Sarath!
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