According to a recent Marie Claire Article Oct 2021 “Generation Resignation”, you are not alone.
“51% of Australian Gen Y workers are planning to leave their job by the end of year”
“41% of workers globally are planning to hand their registrations in soon”, according to a Microsoft study, with 4 million workers quitting their jobs in the USA in April 2021, the biggest spike in 20 Years
I completely understand, a global pandemic, does make you question, well, everything.
Can I implore you - please don’t leave, until you have a Strategic Life Map
Jumping off and starting something new, eat, pray love style has its attraction. If your soul is being destroyed then I agree you should prioritise your mental health. I know I have done that a few times where the gig was eroding my confidence, when taking steps to address the issues didn't pan out.
I could confidently do that for a couple of reasons:
I had built up a reputation in the field of change, and change is happening everywhere, all the time. So, I knew I could leverage those skills and my network
Every year I create a Strategic Life Map, which has supported me for the last 10 years. Basically, I had a plan.
Even when I left full time employment, and started my own consultancy business, I had a plan. That was over 15 years ago now – Happy Anniversary Incahoots!
So again, I ask you to take a moment, create a Strategic Life Map and then you will know when is the right time to take the leap.
What does it look like to have a Strategic Life Map?
Let me share the story of Sara..
Sara arrived at the DYLOP (Design your Life on Purpose) course in a very bad place. Sara has recently gone through a separation, during COVID 19 lockdown and was working on an impossible gig, that was absorbing all of her time. She was flat and drained, in fact she spent the first 30 mins of DYLOP, crying. She knew something had to change and I was honoured that Sara trusted me to guide her.
Sara did not get any blinding flashes on completing the 1-day workshop. What happened, with the exercises and activities is that a long-denied dream was surfacing. Sara has always wanted to be a Doctor, but her science degree from another country was over 10 years ago and she was unable to use it for post graduate studies, so she started working in business to support her family. Sara knew she now had options on what she could do with her life. Sara investigated what options were available to her and has been accepted in a bridging science course at the university of her choice, commencing in Feb 2022. Sara has already agreed with her employer to go part time and has been reading biology and science text books to get her brain in gear.
How do I get a Strategic Life Map?
Using my experience with personal coaching and organisational change management over the last 20 years, I have developed a program that will allow you to Design a Life that Suits you perfectly. I have deliberately and intentionally focused on each 12 months for the last 7 years on what sort of life I want to design my life around.
This research has been curated into a program, called Design Your Life on Purpose (DYLOP).
I have an upcoming intake of just 12 pathfinders (collective noun for people designing their life) on Saturday the 6th November. The number of participants means the templates, tools and approach can be personalised and customised to suit the participants on the program.
Want to know more?
Come along to my webinar on How to live a life intentionally Friday 8th October at a lunchtime friendly time of noon to 1pm.
Often life can happen, which causes us to defer our dreams until…..
Add COVID 19 into the mix and people often wonder whether the life they were barrelling towards was really the one they wanted.
How to living your life intentionally - helps you design a life that suits you perfectly.
This webinar will run through the 4 stages of designing your life on purpose. Specifically, focusing on what support mechanisms you can put in place to ensure you increase your success of taking the opportunities that are right for you and avoiding the ones that are not right for you.
The best bit is that you will get the details on what it takes to live a life with intention, with immediately applicable actions. If you have ever wondered whether the investment of time and money is worth it, then this is the best way to test the water.
Attending the webinar, means you could also win a prize drawn live, valued at $250.
All of which nicely lines up for the next program for Design Your Life on Purpose program on Saturday the 6th November. If you sign up before the 15th October you will also get a bonus coaching session with me, valued at $200 and a $50 discount on the program investment.
I keep the program size limited to 12 pathfinders, as I want to make sure you get the attention you need to create a Strategic Life Map that suits you perfectly.
Incahoots exists…
To guide professionals who have deferred their dreams, to unearth possibilities to design a strategic life map that answers the question - now what?
About this Christina Morgan-Meldrum (CMM) person
I am coach, facilitator, author, change professional and creative. I particularly love helping people and organisations unearth what’s possible to design a future that suits them perfectly (a Strategic Lifemap).
I have cultivated the ability to walk into any industry; see what is not seen, distil what is complicated, and simplify the chaos. This skill has been forged in a deliberate and concentrated way for over 20 years, through Personal Coaching and working in Organisational Change Management. Bottom Line is… I know CHANGE. I know how to plan for change, how to start change, how to adjust change in progress, how to track change and how to embed change.
I fill my time on various side hustles, blogging, creating and learning the piano. If you are looking for me, look for me at my spiritual home JB Hi-Fi, exploring stationery stores or artisan markets.