Industry Magazine Get JACK'D Magazine Winter 2019 | Page 22

CAREER REINVENTION
Is Career Reinvention
In Your Future?
IF YOU stop and look back over your career so far, you’ll see how
much you’ve changed, even if you’ve stayed in the same career path
for years.
Over time, our perspective changes. We learn from positive
experiences and negative ones. Sometimes we have to stop and
reflect on our path to see how far we’ve come!
Career reinvention can be something you take on as a project,
either because you’re bored in your current career or because you
want to bring your work and your passions closer together.
Sometimes career reinvention is forced on us by circumstances
– like your company closing its doors or maybe the arrival of an evil
boss whose nasty attitude makes it clear that it’s time for you to
move on.
We don’t always know when Mother Nature is going to give us a
push – a nudge that says “You could be doing more with your career
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– why not investigate?”
Career reinvention is a much bigger prospect than just a change
of office location or a new job title. It’s a physical change in you, no
different from a snake shedding its skin or a hermit crab moving
out of a cramped shell to venture out and find a new home.
Reinvention is hard work. Reinvention can cause us to feel
strong emotions like anxiety, fear, loneliness and confusion. At
the same time, reinvention can feel exciting and exhilarating. Your
emotions may go up and down like waves.
That’s normal! You are in reinvention. Get ready to ride with
Mother Nature for a while!
How can you make the most of your reinvention, whether it was
your choice to reinvent yourself or someone else’s decision?
The first step is to get a journal and write in it every day, or as
often as you can.