How to change your career: Free Whiteboarding Exercise

Many people will experience a mid-career stagnation or slump.

It’s a time when we become attuned to a growing sense that something’s not quite right in our work, which can range from feelings of apathy towards work or restlessness, to lack of meaning, to outright anxiety or dread for the work we’ve either been doing for years or have just been promoted to do.

This midlife phase of career questioning can happen for many different reasons, but some causes include:

• When we have been doing the same thing for years and one day find ourselves bored and restless.
• When we find that our job responsibilities have shifted to something new that we don’t find rewarding or meaningful.
• When we finally reach a big career goal, such as earning a dreamed-of title, status, or financial milestone we’ve been pursuing for years; after an initial period of elation we may start to wonder, “now what?” Or “I thought I’d be happier.” Or “I’m not sure what’s next for me…”
• When we face a big life change, either tragic, such as the death of a loved one or a personal health/wellbeing issue, or wonderful, like having a child.
• It can even happen when we find some space to think and reflect beyond work and our routines, such as…