7 Concrete Signs You’re Ready For A Career Change In Your Next Life Chapter

Sometimes you feel stuck in your career. You think about all the years of college and job hunting that got you here and the idea of doing something else feels like a waste. Or maybe you’re stuck at a dead-end job but feel like you’d be a failure if you admitted that it isn’t for you. While change is scary, there comes a point when your career isn’t working and you need to change it. If any of this sounds familiar, then you’re ready for a career change in your next life chapter.

You feel like your current life chapter isn’t your own.

You’re working the job your parents wanted for you. You’re living in an apartment that doesn’t fit your style. And all the while, you’re deeply unsatisfied. It almost feels like you’re living someone else’s life.

You dream of something completely different.

As you commute back home from a long day on the job, you constantly daydream of something else. A different life with a different job. And underlying it all is a happiness that you’re not currently feeling in your life right now.

You no longer care about the security your current job gives you.

Security is often a huge motivation for staying with a job that you hate. Sure, you don’t like your job, but at least it makes you some decent money, right? The problem is that doesn’t hit the same as it used to. The security doesn’t matter. All you want now is change. You’d give up a bit of that security to be happier.

You’re sick of crying at work.

The marker of a truly terrible job is how often you’re crying while on the clock. You’ll excuse yourself to the bathroom so you can quietly weep in the stalls. Babe, no job is worth those tears. It’s time for a change.

You dream of just walking out one day and never returning.

And how sweet it would be. It’d be even better if you could get everyone to leave with you for the drama of a full walk-out. Maybe you should quit right now, rather than just keeping it a fantasy that gets you through the week.

No matter what you do, your job doesn’t make you feel fulfilled.

You hate feeling this way, so you’ve taken steps to make your current job better. Maybe you’ve gotten raises and promotions or moved to the same role in a different company hoping that it would get better. And still, you hate it. It might be time to admit that the problem isn’t the little things about your job, but your entire career as a whole.

The universe keeps showing you that this isn’t the job you should have.

When this article popped up, you weren’t surprised. The universe has been finding cute little ways to tell you that it’s time for a change. The next time someone mentions an opening at their company for the dream job you’ve always wanted, or your current boss starts hinting at upcoming layoffs, take it as a message from the universe and make the change you’ve been dreaming about.