The in-between time no one wants to endure
An upheaval is quickly decided and slowly lived through. The new job is signed, the relationship ended, the moving van gone, and still nothing feels right. You stand between two shores, the old one left, the new one not yet reached. This in-between time is the part no one likes…
Small experiments instead of the big leap
Big life decisions often fail on the demand to be sure beforehand. Certainty about a path rarely arises from thinking, it arises from experience. That is why the small experiment beats the big leap.Why pure rumination doesn’t helpIn your head the same arguments go round in circles because the real…
Midlife: reorientation instead of crisis
Sometime between 40 and 55 the big questions surface for many: do I want this for the next 15 years? Was that all? It’s often called a “midlife crisis”, a dismissive label for something healthy: a stocktaking.A review of your courseUp to midlife many follow a plan they adopted early,…
Clarifying values: your compass for career decisions
“Should I switch or stay?” rarely resolves with a pros-and-cons list, because the most important question lies beneath: what actually matters to me? Whoever knows their values decides more calmly and stands behind the decision later.Values and goalsA goal is reachable and ticked off (“a promotion”). A value is a…