My career “strategy” was to go all in on what I thought I’d like, only to discover I didn’t like it at all and move on to something completely different. This is not efficient and I’m not promoting it as a way to go. However, when work things start to go south, I already know what doesn’t work for me. ALL of those things that don’t work for me are happening simultaneously and most of those things are in the hands of a limited number of people who are trying to burn everything to the ground.
I agree that you don’t know how well a new position will fit until you try it. It could be a perfect fit and with retirements, promotions, new hires and other nonsense the job turns into a hellscape.
I’m starting to come to terms with that too. Make your best judgment & try it out, worst case scenario re-group & try again. Growing up I had this notion that once you found your career, you were set for life. Maybe that comes from looking at past generations in my small town, where that was often true. Now trying to learn that it is okay to change my mind, career, & life at any point. Yes, inconvenient. But it shouldn’t feel like I’m making a horribly taboo mistake.
My career “strategy” was to go all in on what I thought I’d like, only to discover I didn’t like it at all and move on to something completely different. This is not efficient and I’m not promoting it as a way to go. However, when work things start to go south, I already know what doesn’t work for me. ALL of those things that don’t work for me are happening simultaneously and most of those things are in the hands of a limited number of people who are trying to burn everything to the ground.
I agree that you don’t know how well a new position will fit until you try it. It could be a perfect fit and with retirements, promotions, new hires and other nonsense the job turns into a hellscape.
Who was it who said, “Hell is other people”?
Sartre!!
I’m starting to come to terms with that too. Make your best judgment & try it out, worst case scenario re-group & try again. Growing up I had this notion that once you found your career, you were set for life. Maybe that comes from looking at past generations in my small town, where that was often true. Now trying to learn that it is okay to change my mind, career, & life at any point. Yes, inconvenient. But it shouldn’t feel like I’m making a horribly taboo mistake.