Where is your energy coming from?

There’s a crucial difference between running from a bad situation and moving toward something better. Both can feel like “I need a change,” but they lead to very different outcomes.

Escape energy — rage-quitting a draining job with no clear destination — often just relocates the problem. Moving-toward energy, grounded in a real direction, is what sustains a hard transition.

Check your motivation

• If you mostly want to leave, build clarity before you build an exit.
• Fix what’s fixable first — sometimes the issue is the role, not the field.
• A stalled career has warning signs; address the real one, not a symptom.

This isn’t about talking yourself out of change. It’s about making sure the change you make is pointed somewhere worth going — so you don’t land in a new place with the same old feeling.

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