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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
Good morning.
This is Laura.
Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Today's tip is to run to something, not from something.
If you are pondering making a big switch in life, it is often more motivating to have something you actually do want to do, rather than just trying to get away from something you don't.
I love hearing from people who are thinking about switching careers.
There are often great ways to explore new options, and starting something new can be a good way to become more interested in life.
I can usually recommend ways to fit training and searching into even a busy schedule.
That said, I have noticed that career switchers come in different flavors.
Some people have identified something they are very excited about.
They may be reasonably happy in their current jobs.
It's just that there is something they would like to do more.
However, there are others whose career-switching conversations center more on how miserable they are in their current work.
They are looking to flee their current situations.
And that is fine.
I don't want people to be miserable.
But sometimes folks then idealize some other profession as just being incredibly different from what they are currently doing.
The logic goes that if they are unhappy now, doing something very different should make them happy.
So now they need to go back to school for two years or more to do that.
And I am thinking, whoa, let's slow down.
No profession is perfect.
Even if you work for a nonprofit that is saving the world, You can still have a lot of emails and meetings and a distracted manager.
You can have amazing colleagues and get paid a lot and have a terrible commute that leaves you feeling frazzled and starved for time.
You can have incredible flexibility and the ability to work from home on interesting projects and yet be in an industry where there's a lot of consolidation, leading to turmoil and layoffs and the like.
You can invest a lot of time and money in trying to change careers and find on the other end, that things aren't nearly as blissful as you imagined them to be.
I have seen a number of people switch jobs and careers to find something more flexible.
And I mean anything more flexible.
And then they wind up bored because they are not challenged and unhappy because they are underpaid.
So if you are miserable in your current job, figure out how to lessen the immediate misery first.
Lots of times these changes can be relatively doable.
If you work for a big company, there is no doubt some other internal team that is hiring.
So you can get away from a terrible manager.
If you've got an awful commute, see if you can work from home another day or two per week.
Or find a different organization that lets you do just that.
As we discussed in another episode this week, there is no harm in looking for a new job.
And you might find a better one that uses your existing skills and credentials.
No new ones required.
If your work feels meaningless, Maybe you can seek out a different project or start something new at your organization that feels more meaningful to you.
Or you can start volunteering on the side, because work doesn't have to be everything in life.
Then, once you have solved the immediate source of misery, create a vision of what you would like your life to look like.
What kind of work do you truly want to be doing?
When are you happiest?
If you identify jobs that match up with this happy work.
Talk to lots of people in these professions and see what they like and what they don't like.
How would you spend your days if you did this sort of job?
What would your hours look like?
Do the upsides outweigh the downsides?
Could you live with those downsides?
When you have a clear vision of what you are running toward, you can figure out how to take the steps to get there.
But when you are just running away from some current misery, you may wind up in a place that is not much better, given the time and energy invested.
It's good to know what you want and not just what you don't.
In the meantime, this is Laura.
Thanks for listening.
And here's to making the most of our time.
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