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When you feel stuck
Hating the job, boredom, regret and the crisis years: what each feeling points at, and the first small test.
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- I hate my job but don't know what else to doSplit job misery into five sources, keep a ten-day diary and test one alternative before resigning.
- I feel stuck in my career. How do I get unstuck?Name which of four kinds of stuck you are in and run a two-week plan of conversations and one real task.
- Am I having a quarter-life crisis about my career?Turn doubt in your twenties into a three-month season of six small experiments.
- Midlife career crisis: how to change direction without blowing up your lifeSort your experience into three piles and trial an adjacent move for twelve weeks before leaving.
- Bored at work: should I quit or change something smaller?Tell which kind of boredom you have, then test one fix inside your job and one outside it.
- I don't have a passion. How do I choose a career?Choose by curiosity, capability and constraints, then let doing build the interest.
- How do I figure out what I'm good at?Collect strengths from other people, speed and feedback, then test which ones you enjoy using.
- I regret my career choice. What now?Name exactly what you regret, count what the path gave you and test the smallest correction.
- Does ikigai work for choosing a career?Use the four circles to generate candidate directions, then test them with small real work.
- Should I quit my job without another one lined up?Check runway, direction, plan and story with a four-row test before resigning without an offer.
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