Signs Its Time for a Midlife Career Change

Signs Its Time for a Midlife Career Change Signs Its Time for a Midlife Career Change Everything was fine for the first 20 years of your career. You were focused. You were happy. You were going up the ladder.Then, you hit an age. Maybe it was 30, or 40, or 50. But suddenly, everything changed.Now, you are no longer happy at your current job. Something just isnt right. Nothing about the job itself has really changed all that much, but you just arent satisfied like you used to be.Its confusing. You worked your entire career to get to where you are today. Youre at the top of the mountain, but now you wonder ifyou were climbing the wrong mountain the whole time.Youre questioning everything youve worked for.Sound familiar? Dont worry. Youre not alone. I talk to multiple people every single day who are having this very same experience. We rarely talk about these feelings and thoughtswith one another, butI wish we would.Some see these thoughts as indicators that they have failed somewhere along the way. I prefer to look at it a little differently Youveachieved your original goal, and now youre ready for a new one.The priorities in your life have shifted. Maybe you are no longer as motivated by money perhaps your retirement account is secure. Alternatively, maybe money motivates you more perhaps you want to catch up on your retirement savings.Maybe youve learned more about yourself. You really dont like managing people after all, or you really dont want to work in a creative atmosphere where the imperative to produce new content never goes away.Whatever the case, the fact is youve grown. Youve changed. Growth and change are both good things - and theyre inevitable parts of life.Making a midlife career change doesnt mean youve failed.It just means your priorities have evolved. Its time to find something new that better aligns with your new goals and your new direction.Start small. You wont find the answer tomorrow, nor will you find it in your head, thinking for hour s, devising the perfect solution. The answer most likely doesnt exist in a personality test, either.Almost always,a career change happens by doing. It happens by getting out there and having conversations with other people in different lines of work. It happens by researching various companies. It happens by volunteering for projects outside of your comfort zone. It happens by trying new things to find what works and what doesnt.Career change is not an easy process, but the journey will take you to where youre meant to be a new life that is in alignment with your current and future priorities.A version of this article originally appeared onCopeland Coaching.Angela Copeland is a career coach and CEO at her firm,Copeland Coaching.