Feeling Lost in Your Career? Here’s How to Find Your Way Back
You’re not behind—you’re at a beginning. Let’s make the next 15 minutes count.
You’re Not Alone—and You’re Not Broken
At some point, almost everyone looks up and thinks: How did I end up here? Maybe your role changed faster than you did. Maybe you outgrew the story you once told about success. Maybe you’ve been carrying responsibilities for everyone else and lost sight of what you need.
Feeling lost isn’t failure—it’s feedback. It’s your mind and body telling you that the path you’re on no longer fits the person you are today. That message is inconvenient, but it’s also a gift. It means you’re paying attention.
A Small Reframe: Lost ≠ Late
When we feel lost, urgency turns into panic—and panic turns into avoidance. Here’s the reframe: being lost doesn’t mean you’re late; it means you’ve outgrown the old map. The next map isn’t downloaded from the internet. It’s drawn from your energy, your values, and the work that feels meaningful in your life right now.
If the way you’ve been working no longer works for you, that’s not a personal flaw. It’s a signal to design the next chapter with intention.
Two Simple Steps You Can Take Today (15 Minutes)
You don’t need a 3-month sabbatical to start. You need a calm 15 minutes and two tiny actions that create momentum:
- Map Your Today: Take the Career Fit Questions—a short reflection that surfaces your current energy, constraints, and priorities. No generic personality labels, just clarity you can use.
- Meet the Market: Run your resume through the Resume Scanner. You’ll get an honest ATS read and see which skills and keywords align with roles that match the person you are today, not the person you were five years ago.
Clarity happens when self-knowledge meets outside reality. These two steps create that bridge.
What You Might Discover
- You’re energized by building, fixing, translating, exploring, or guiding—and your current role starves that energy.
- Small tweaks (scope, team, industry) could unlock more meaning than a total career reset.
- Your resume tells a story about yesterday. With the right structure and keywords, it can open doors to roles that fit today.
Make It Real: A Gentle 7-Day Reset
Days 1–2: Name What Matters
- Write 10 recent tasks; mark each +E (energized) or –E (draining).
- Circle the 3 that felt most “you.” That’s the compass.
Days 3–4: Align the Story
- Run the Resume Scanner and note 3 gaps.
- Rewrite your summary and top 5 bullets to match the roles you want now.
Days 5–6: Try a Tiny Experiment
- Volunteer for a task that uses your +E skills—or prototype a small process improvement.
- Capture a before/after metric (time saved, clarity gained).
Day 7: Share the Signal
- Post a short update or slide internally: problem → action → result.
- Small proof changes how people see you—and how you see yourself.
If You’re Mid-Career or Returning, Read This Twice
You’re not starting from zero—you’re starting from wisdom. Your advantage is context: judgment, pattern recognition, relationships. When that meets a resume that speaks the market’s language, doors open. If you’ve taken time out or pivoted paths, you don’t need to apologize—you need to connect the dots between what you’ve learned and what you offer next.
That’s what WisGrowth is built for: turning your lived experience into a path that fits today.
You’re one small decision away from a different direction.
Give yourself 15 minutes. Map who you are now—and let the market hear it clearly.
Start the Career Fit Questions →