Career & Decisions

What this section covers

Questions about work are rarely only about work. They involve cash flow, a city, a family's expectations, and the difference between a job that looks stable and a job that teaches something portable.

The traditional material is useful here as a vocabulary for pace and temperament. It is not useful as a promise about an outcome, and no reading should be used in place of contract checks, real budgets or actual job listings.

• 14 August 2026

  When Your Graduate Still Hasn't Found a Job

  What parents can usefully do in the first six months — and the three mistakes that make it worse.

• 28 June 2026

  Dayun and Liunian: How Traditional Chinese Timing Actually Works

  A chart tells you the terrain. The luck cycles tell you when you are walking uphill.