Feeling stuck in your career
Feeling stuck in your career often doesn’t look dramatic on the outside.
You might be doing what’s expected at work but inside you feel trapped, drained, unmotivated, and fed up of the Sunday night blues.
These resources will help you understand why you feel stuck in your career and what you can do about it.
Why you feel stuck in your career
You likely feel stuck in your career due to a combination of factors that have built up over time. For example:
- You’re not learning or growing
- You earn a good salary and your responsibilities depend on it
- You don’t want to take a risk on changing roles or starting again
- Your status and identity are closely tied to your profession
- You don’t have any ideas for a better role
- You are too burnout and overwhelmed to think about any job changes
- Your work environment (management, culture, tasks) is not aligned with how you like to work
- Your work feels meaningless
- Your career is heading in a direction that you don’t want to go
When there’s a gap between what you need from work and what your current role is giving you, you’ll feel stuck and restless.
How to feel less stuck at work
Below are ideas, videos, and exercises to help you reflect on why you feel stuck in your career and what to do about it.
This is what it looks like to be misaligned in your job
It’s not always obvious when you’re in the wrong job role. Here’s how I realised my role was wrong for me and what I did about it.
What’s Missing at Work?
Score your current role against three key indicators of motivation at work.
In 5 minutes, you’ll know what’s missing and what to do next.
Is fear making decisions for you? How to know
Is fear quietly keeping you stuck in your job? Here’s how to find out.
How to fight fear and win
It can be intimidating to consider changing your job. Here’s how you overcome that fear.
Delete your fear of failure
If fear of failure is keeping you stuck in your current career, these tips can help.
How to stop overthinking
Going over your career options in your head over and over again? Break your cycle of overthinking with these tips.
FIND MEANINGFUL WORK
The Meaningful Work Starter Kit
My structured psychology-informed toolkit to help you:
- Get unstuck in your career
- Understand what meaningful work means for you
- Find clear career direction
What next?
Feeling stuck at work is an important first sign that something isn’t working in your career. Your next step might be to explore career directions or figure out what meaningful work is to you.
Don’t know what you want to do?
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Want a more meaningful job?
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