FIVE SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY

to find work that feeds your SOUL

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Have you ever laid awake at night stressing about the “right” answer to a tough decision? We’ve all been there. Especially when it comes to deciding what to do with your career, a lot of big questions come up that can feel hard to answer. Here are three questions to help you get unstuck. 1) Do I need to make this decision? I know on the surface it might seem like the obvious answer is yes, but I see so many clients trying to make decisions that they don’t need to (and actually really can’t) make right now. Are you trying to decide what your answer is to a job offer you haven’t gotten yet? Or worrying about how you’ll find a new job in a year or two if you take some time off now to be with your baby? Or stressing about how you’ll manage it all if…
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All of us feel fear at one time or another. Fear of failing, of having regrets, of not fitting in, of not being good enough, of being alone, of being judged. The list goes on. When it comes to finding work you love, fear tends to crop up big time. As soon as we start to dream of or take steps toward a life and career that’s more fulfilling and HAPPIER, fear steps in and tells us all the reasons why what we want won’t work. Fear used to paralyze me. I knew I was unhappy in my string of corporate jobs but I didn’t know what to do instead. I was scared that I’d never figure out what I wanted to do with my life, scared of taking a leap only to realize it was the wrong choice, scared of running out of money or disappointing those I loved…
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I spent much of my life playing it safe. I jumped from company to company, taking jobs that I had little to no passion for because of what they represented: a “respectable” option, and an escape from the last job. So many people around me seemed dissatisfied with their jobs too. Eventually I accepted it as just a fact of life. I told myself that some people got lucky & found work they loved and that maybe I just wasn’t one of them. I told myself I should be grateful to have a job at all and to stop complaining. I told myself that I couldn’t afford to make the kind of dramatic career change I longed for, both because of the fear of screwing up my resume and becoming unmarketable and because I was literally scared of taking a pay cut, running out of money, and ending right back…
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People often ask me what the most important thing is that they could do to find work they love. Is it doing informational interviews? Going to networking events? Thinking back to your childhood dreams? Figuring out what makes you unique? All of those things are valuable (although if you hate networking events I hereby give you permission to not go to them. There are other ways!), but the first thing I tell clients to do is make self-care a priority. What?? I know what you might be thinking. “Self-care? What does that even mean? Sounds kind of woo woo.” Or “I’m all for self-care, but with a full time job, kids, cooking, cleaning, errands, family obligations, my awful commute -- not to mention this career search -- who has time? If I had a new job I would have more time for self-care! I need the new job first!” I hear…
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Yesterday I did a MAJOR closet purge. I bagged up about 60% of the clothes that were hanging in my closet - things that no longer felt like me, including lots of "corporate" clothes from my old jobs. I had stuff in there from ten years ago that I'd continued to hold on to year after year. Even though I didn't wear them, the clothes seemed too nice to get rid of. It seemed better to keep them, just in case. Yesterday morning I looked in my closet and it suddenly struck me what an energy drain it was. All of those unworn clothes felt like a bunch of unmade decisions. I really believe that our external world is a reflection of our inner landscape. When your space is cluttered and chaotic it affects your mental and emotional energy as well. Just like unmade decisions can suck the energy out…
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