Why does it feel so hard to leave a job when you’re dying to get out of there? Financial security is one thing, but even if you figure that out, something is keeping you from making the leap.
Sure, there is fear. But you’ve done plenty of hard things in the past, and leaving doesn’t seem like that big of a deal. Until you realize you’ll be burning the map you followed for decades.
I’ve felt it too. You’re done, maybe even hoping to get laid off so you don’t have to decide.
And still, you stay.
You play games with yourself, setting if/then milestones: “if I finish this project, train the new person, clean up the mess… then I can go.”
But each milestone creates another. What starts as preparation quietly becomes permission to stay.
So what’s really going on here? That’s what we’re getting into today.
Full transcript and resources for GenXers at burnthemapcoaching.com/podcast.
Shelley McIntyre is a coach for people leaving corporate jobs who don't know what comes next.
She spent years as a corporate strategist before leaving to figure out her own next chapter. Now she helps other people do the same without falling apart in the process.
Work with Shelley:
Own Your Edge Strategy Session - A 90-minute conversation to help you move from stuck to starting.
https://burnthemapcoaching.com/own-your-edge
Reinvention Partnership Program - Step-by-step coaching for people who left (or are leaving) corporate and need help building what's next.
https://burnthemapcoaching.com/work-with-shelley
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