Career Coaching: Total Freedom 

Career Coaching: Total Freedom – It’s intriguing that when we have total freedom, how difficult it is to decide what to do! Who knew?

I don’t know about you, but, when things are really busy with the boy and the business, I can find myself wanting to shrug all these responsibilities off all at once. Speaking with someone who has had a challenging year, due to the pandemic,  she had all her work plans canceled. Transitioning from one role to another, which then didn’t happen at all, she has found it really difficult to start anything else. Her confidence fell as her world got small.

Career Coaching: Total Freedom

It wasn’t anything that you’d think. She wasn’t lazy, she wasn’t depressed, what she was was bored and frustrated with herself – where has this playful person gone! When we looked deeper the most profound realisation was that she was an Active Introvert. The “Responsible Workaholic’ has a trap door they fall through. They can only get their ‘reward’ (think playtime!) once they have finished their work.
Therefore, with no work to do, there could be no playtime! 
Of course, this isn’t the truth. When we surface a belief like this, we can work with it! We can choose how to think.
So, looking at work history, with three decades of solid service under her belt, we decide that she had ticked the “Work” box well and truly. It’s her time to get her reward and go out to play. That’s how she will energise herself and let go of her old professional identity, then she will be ready to tale on a new mantel when this Covid madness is out of the way.
When do you get your reward? And, are you leaving it too late in the day?

You can find Rebecca here at the Daemon Career Coach