Midlife’s A Trip

Career Change and the 5-Step Ruby Slippers Plan

Posted on 30. Mar, 2008 by Karen in Misc

Yesterday I wrote about my career change in midlife.  It sounded easy didn’t it?  Should have had happy music playing the background, right?  Wrong.  It wasn’t easy but it was a change that was as necessary to me as breathing.  So how did I get through it?  Well, it’s kind of like Dorothy and the ruby slippers.

When Dorothy realized where she was really meant to be, it was the ruby slippers that got her back to Kansas.  Her journey wasn’t easy, as you may recall.  Yours may not be either if you’re contemplating a midlife career change.  Like Dorothy, don’t we all have witches and flying monkeys trying to keep us from our true destination?  But they won’t stop you if you have a plan like Dorothy did:

1. Visualize where you want to be.
2. Make a plan on how to get there.
3. Assemble your support system.
4. Believe in your heart that you’re going in the right direction.
5. Head that way.

And metaphorically speaking, when your true career destination is in sight, click those damn ruby slippers to take you on home! 

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