Problems

I feel stuck in my career.

Career stuck

Career stuckness rarely clears through thinking alone. You need one small experiment that creates evidence about energy, skill, money, or direction.

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Time to start

30 minutes

First step

Name the friction

Do this first

Write what feels stuck: role, manager, skills, money, meaning, energy, or confidence.

Choose what to do next

Start here

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One week of action

7-day action sequence

  1. 1

    Name the friction

    Write what feels stuck: role, manager, skills, money, meaning, energy, or confidence.

  2. 2

    List possible tests

    Write five small career experiments you could try without quitting anything.

  3. 3

    Pick one signal

    Choose the question your next experiment should answer.

  4. 4

    Make one contact

    Message one person who has done work you want to understand better.

  5. 5

    Build one artifact

    Update, draft, or create one sample, resume section, portfolio note, or project outline.

  6. 6

    Schedule the test

    Put one career experiment on the calendar for the next seven days.

  7. 7

    Review the evidence

    Write what the test taught you and the next smallest move.

Keep going

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