The career doldrums

Time flies when you’re having fun, but it tends to blur together into a grey fog when you’re stuck in a rut. If the days and weeks seem to be speeding by while you feel stuck in place, it’s a good sign that you’re in the career doldrums and haven’t been actively pushing yourself to seek out new opportunities.

Nothing ever changes

If you feel like you could go on holidays for a month and come back to find that you could easily catch up on what had happened in your absence, you might as well hand over your desk to a robot.

More of the same.

What would happen if you lost your job today? If your first instinct is to find the exact same role somewhere else, you’re probably on autopilot. Instead of being able to think about how your experience could be applied in a variety of circumstances, you default to what looks most familiar.

It feels good to get to a place in your working life where you’re sure where your next pay check is coming from. “Enjoy your current stability but don’t assume it’s going to last forever,” suggests the author. “Keep an eye on the horizon for new opportunities and keep in mind those burning ambitions that you used to drive your younger self to get out of bed in the morning. If you’re lucky, you’ll need them someday.”

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