It’s such a surreal feeling when you are leaving the place where you thought you were building a career at. When you left school you had so many aspirations and were so excited about your new job, so motivated, but eventually that excitement and enthusiasm slowly dwindled.
Maybe management changed, maybe you feel under appreciated, maybe you just plain aren’t doing the job you were hired to do anymore.
If you feel stagnant, if you feel like you are no longer enjoying waking up every morning for work, when your “career” has turned into just a job, it’s probably time for you to move on.
You shouldn’t feel bad about it either, your current employer gave you a solid foundation for your future, it gave you insight in what you want and do not want out of a career, and it also helped you build connections.
Change can be incredibly scary, but so can being stuck, and being stuck can be draining, and depressing. Remember when you got your first job, and how exciting it was to wake up everyday knowing you were going to learn something new? That feeling will come back when you find a new opportunity. You worked hard to get where you are, but if it’s not where you want to be, it’s time to start working towards where you do want to be.
It’ll be a bittersweet good bye, but in the end, you will be much happier.
