What is the hardest thing about changing your career path when you’re already well established in your current career?

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Overcoming the psycho-emotional inertia of being on a track that defines a big part of your sense of self and the fear that changing lanes or taking the next exit means a significant loss of income.

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Oooo, I'm doing this now. Here's a short list:
- am I making the right decision or is this another mistake?
- do I know what I'm getting myself into?
- can I do this?
- how long will it take?
- am I kidding myself?
- can I remember how to study again?
- will the sacrifice be worth it?
- which thing should I learn first?
- how to keep the momentum during boring bits

This, paired with analysis paralysis and occasional severe anxiety makes keeping the momentum going difficult

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Feeling older than everyone at that level in your new career field. I just have to remind yourself that I changed career paths so we didn't have the same starting point.

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I switched from corporate to in-house, then to agency creative (jumped over the jr role because my background helped a bit), then switched to strategy to make more money, I did, but then I felt like a fish out of the water with a learned skill, so now I’m going back to creative and it’s weird but exciting. At the end, I’m going to do what I like/love.

Here’s some deep thought:
Young(er) people are young by age, but not “by life.” They can die sooner than you, and vice-versa: You might be older “by life” and you should hurry up and do what you love. Living has to be of urgency. Don’t take your days for granted.

*finishes joint and does a burn out in an El Camino — disappears into the sunset*

*you’re left coughing as your friend walks up and asks who that was*

*you pick-up the burnt roach and as you look at it, you mumble* I don’t know, dude. I don’t... know...

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Whoever you are, I hope I work with you because this is awesome.

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Losing a nice salary, benefits and the idea that you already have a sense of what you are doing and the ecosystem in which you do it in.

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Where ya going?

From operations to account

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