The life you enter may require letting an old competence become less central.

New situations reshuffle what your skills are worth. The thing you were reliably good at may matter less in a different job, country, or stage of life, and the loss is felt even when the change was wanted. It is not a demotion so much as a change of terrain. Identity gets built quietly out of what you are good at, which is why this stings more than it seems it should.

When something you were skilled at stops being needed, name the loss rather than talking yourself out of it. Then look for the part that transfers, since the underlying habit usually outlasts its particular use.