Breaking Free From An Unfulfilling Career

You studied hard, got the degree, landed the high-paying job, and are now neck-deep in the career that you thought would bring you immense fulfillment, but no longer is.

Now what?

A lot of us can relate to being in a job or career that just isn’t exciting anymore and doesn’t satisfy us on a deeper level.

Sure, we might get paid well, receive generous benefits, and be surrounded by co-workers that we truly enjoy working with, but life is more than just that. Or said differently, FULFILLMENT in life is more than just that.

Yet, even though we might recognize that we are unhappy or unfulfilled in our current career track, the vast majority of us continue to plough through work, hoping for a change.

We crave the comfort and safety of remaining in our career, even though we could lose that employment at any time, as so many people have struggled with during the COVID-19 pandemic.

And so, the desire of short-term security outweighs the desire of long-term fulfillment…if only for a brief period of time, though.

That’s because the longer we drag out finding our real fulfillment in life, the longer we will be unfulfilled.

It’s as if you were holding on to a buoy a mile out from the shore. You want to swim…