I am not what I do
Repeat after me: I am NOT what I do. This is a very important thing to remember, especially if something happens and you are no longer able to do what you once did. It really doesn’t matter what you once did – it may have been very important, and you may have been very good at it. Those are good things, but what you do (or did) does not define you. You are so much more than what you do.