The first step to changing your career in your 30's

Burnout is real and switching careers can seem impossible. The overwhelm of even thinking of leaving a profession that you have put so much time and energy into can be paralyzing. So paralyzing that it stops 90% of people from going after their goals.

But more and more people are saying goodbye to their first careers in their 30's these days because they were fed a bag of goods early on about what success meant.

In the eyes of an older generation success was a stable job, procreating, pensions, and retirement. For a younger generation, the definition of a successful life does not look like this anymore.

People are realizing that success is about the joy you feel each day. Not what you may feel like later in life when you finally get that promotion or that car or have that thing.

The first step to changing your career in your 30's starts with knowing your values and learning what your purpose is. This is so important to craft a new career. You can use everything you have learned from your previous career and now link it with everything you love.

Below is an exercise to help you get started.

Step 1

Make a 2 column list.

In the first column, list out every job you have ever had in your life. I mean EVERY JOB! Even babysitting at 13 y/o or bussing tables during college.

Once you have listed out every job you have had in your life you can move on to the second column.

In the second column, next to each job, list out 3 reasons why you loved that particular job. EVEN IF YOU ABSOLUTELY HATED the job, force yourself to write down 3 things you enjoyed.

Step 2

Once you are done with the 2 columns, look at the second column of "the things you loved". Start to pick out the similarities of what you enjoyed from all the jobs.

Take the 3 most common responses that show up the most often throughout each job. And Bam! Those are what you value in your work.

Step 3

The next step would be to start to think of jobs that focus on those values.

Look at that, you are well on your way to crafting your next career move! Congrats!

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