Architect to Special Librarian: A journey to openness for learning and challenges. Migrating to a new country is difficult enough but factoring in the imminent change in careers makes it doubly challenging. This paper will look into the challenges faced by migrants starting careers diametrically opposed to their background. It will look at how the author had dealt with these challenges while still maintaining balance between work and life. It will also touch on the cultural nuances experienced and how the author had adapted to the challenges of university study and on-going formation. Finally, this paper will describe the author’s successful evolution and transition to another career and the subsequent discovery that the key to a successful reinvention is an openness to learning and challenges.