Someone once told me that if you want to know what a person's true priorities are, ignore what they say and look at what they do. The things you do day to day, the activities and experiences you make time for, they reveal the priorities you are living.
Pat complained that she didn't know what to do to get a new job. She was unemployed, and didn't want to go back to her previous career. She hated that job, and wanted to pursue something more fulfilling to pay her bills. Clearly, this was important to Pat. She was so frustrated and unhappy. You might wonder what was Pat doing to figure these things out?
"Waiting to see what life brings my way. I'm open to other options. And sometimes I look at job descriptions for openings I find online to see what interests me. I garden. And I spend time with my children and grandchildren. I volunteer. I'm waiting for inspiration."
Ask any artist and you'll learn that inspiration comes through action, not waiting. Goals of any kind are achieved through a strategic plan and a schedule of consistent, daily action. The same is true when it comes to creating a new career path or finding a new job.
When I was laid off at the culmination of my career in IT, after I spent time recovering from burn out, I spent time every day working at unearthing my strengths and skills and passions, imagining the work I would love to do, exploring how to do that. I read books and did all the exercises, I researched ideas online, and I sought support to help me sort out my learnings and stay motivated. Once I knew what I wanted to do for my next career, I began to take concrete steps to identify how to test out my new career ideas (test before committing, just to be sure I was right), and then how to create the career and life I wanted.
Ron was a person who had also invested the time to unearth what he offered, imagine what he wanted. When he began to create his next career move, he said to his friends, "It's the schedule that is the key. I need to schedule time for my job search and career change activities into my schedule. I need to schedule these things as though they were an important meeting with someone I'd never consider cancelling on. When I do that, I'll get what I want, I know it."
What about you? Are you sitting and waiting for inspiration? Are you hoping the answer will just drop in your lap, like Pat? Or do you have a plan and a schedule. Make your search for a job and career you love more than just a wish and hope, make it a real priority. Only then will you get what you're after.
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