Perspective is In Season: Discover Your Career Season
Have you noticed a change in the air?
The color of the leaves. The shorter hours of sunlight. The cooling temps.
October has a way of changing how we see things, inviting us to look around and notice the tiny differences of life’s progression.
I love that as the earth turns, it teaches us to turn with it, shifting and honoring our own seasons.
When the In Season planner first came to life, I have to admit I felt a little lost. I knew creating the planner was deeply important to me, but I couldn’t figure out how it fit with my other work as a career coach and consultant.
Then, a dear coach helped me zoom out and see the planner not as a piece of my work but as its centerpiece.
Now (as you may have noticed) everything I create (including these monthly emails) is built around what’s “in season” … because that is at the heart of everything I do.
I want to help you see that, in your career, as in nature, you do not move up, up, up some arbitrary ladder but in cycles of growth, reflection, rest, and renewal. Once you recognize and honor your seasons, you give yourself permission to change, just as the seasons do.
So, as October invites you to step back and view your career/life through a wider, wiser lens, this is the perfect time of year to zoom out and see the big picture…what matters, what doesn’t, and what’s ready to shift.
This is one season, not the whole story.
You don’t need the full plan right now; you just need perspective.
Fortunately, perspective is In Season.
A Ritual for October: The Higher Perspective
Perspective doesn’t mean convincing ourselves that every difficult experience was wonderful or that everything happened for a reason.
Often, a difficult experience is just that—a difficult experience. But perspective helps us place that experience within the rest of our story so it doesn’t become the entire story.
Once each week in October, choose one part of your life and intentionally “zoom out” from it. (Tip: Think of it as adjusting a camera lens!)
Journal about it: What’s really happening here? What’s the bigger story? What would future-me think about this?
Pick one focus area: work, home, health, a relationship, a habit, a goal.
A NOTE FROM THE GARDEN
The Flourish Careers Podcast is shifting to a bi-weekly rhythm, releasing a new episode every other week. Some seasons call for a different pace and deeper discussions; this is one of them.
On the Podcast: How To Gain Perspective And Make Better Career Decisions With Julianna Yau Yorgan
Julianna Yau Yorgan of Daring to Succeed joins me to discuss why perspective is so hard to find in the middle of a stressful situation. We get into how constant input can crowd out clear thinking and why creating space (versus gathering more information) often leads to better decisions.
We also talk about how living in five (!!!) countries changed Julianna’s perspective on work, home, and decision-making, along with the coaching questions she uses to help professionals work through complex situations without rushing to an answer.
Discover Your Current Career Season (Free Quiz)
Different seasons require different kinds of support. I have found that my Fried to Flourishing course is most popular with clients in a fall or winter season, career-wise!
What kind of support are you in need of right now? If you’re unsure which season you’re in, this NEW quiz will help you find out. (As a bonus, your answer will come complete with a beautiful guide to help you honor the season you’re in!)
Nourish to Flourish: The Myth Of Endless Summer (Your Career Has Seasons!)
As autumn deepens, I find myself thinking of summer—the long days, the sunshine, the hydrangeas going wild. Sometimes we wish it could last forever…but imagine if it did?!
Eventually, the garden would scorch, the soil would dry, and even the hydrangeas would wither. Because when nothing rests, nothing blooms. Your career is no different. Here’s how to move out of the endless-summer career plan and into honoring the actual season you’re in.
Here’s to a wider (wiser) view.
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Which Season is My Career In?
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