What is your favorite escape daydream?

It’s that daydream you have when you’re bored to tears at work,

or staring down another day in a miserable job,

or just feeling like there really should be more to life and definitely more to you. 

What do you imagine yourself doing?

You might imagine yourself as a world traveler and blogger, living on a sailboat as you visit ports around the world. You might imagine yourself living off the grid, farming a small homestead and raising goats. Maybe you just designed a best selling app or created a multi-million dollar company and have an entire top floor as your office - with an ocean view. 

What do you imagine? What can you imagine? It doesn’t have to be realistic. Be expansive. What is the grandest escape you can dream up?

Take a minute, close your eyes, and imagine. Even better, write it down - with full details.

I’ll wait….

Those escape daydreams are important. They often hold powerful clues to something that might be missing in your life. If you dream of traveling the world, maybe you’re missing a sense of freedom or adventure. If you’re longing to be off the grid with no cell phone interruptions or emails, maybe it’s simple peace and quiet or a stronger connection with nature that is lacking. Maybe it’s the “no more money worries” of the financially successful that you dream of.  

It’s helpful to take a look at our escape dreams because they can give us insight into our next step.  You may know that you really won’t quit your job and buy a sailboat, but you may need to think about ways that you can dip into that sense of freedom and adventure.

What’s missing in your life that you find in your daydream escape job? Write it down. 

How can you use your escape daydreams as a pointer for a new direction for your life? 

You just experienced a sample day of the LifeWork Project. The LifeWork Project is a 21 day e-course designed to help you make changes that lead to a more satisfying career and a happier life.  Each day, you’ll receive an email with a short LifeWork Discovery reading and a question of the day to ponder - just like the one above.

The LWP helps you take a holistic look at your life and offers a structured process for making decisions and positive change - both in your career and your life.

The next class begins on June 1, 2020. You can read more or sign up here. 

For those of you who are actively job hunting, it’s time to get busy. As the world slowly re-opens for business, more opportunities are starting to come available. Here are some things you need to do to get ahead of the competition. Read 5 Tips to Prep for a Job Search during a Pandemic.

I’m also hearing from parents who are worried about job prospects for their adult children. Yes. It’s a tough time right now, especially for those just starting out. As a parent, you want to share all your hard earned wisdom, but they don’t want to hear it. It’s a tricky situation. Here are some ideas. Check out 9 Do’s and Don’ts for Giving your Adult Kids Career Advice.

And again, I want to let you know that I’m here to help. I’m offering both career and life coaching on a “pay what you can” basis for the duration of this crisis.

I’ve reduced the price for resume services and career assessments. Again, if you need help and can’t afford it, let me know. We’ll work something out.

If you’re looking for a job, or if you just need a listening ear, let me hear from you. I’ll be glad to help in any way that I can. Just send me an email at anita@bluesagecareers.com.

Hang in there. We’ll get through this together.

Stay well!

Anita

Anita Flowers is a Board Certified career and life coach at Blue Sage Career Strategies. A little different than most life coaches, Anita’s background in clinical psychology and years of experience as a counselor gives her a rich understanding of human development and family dynamics. Her work history includes 13 years working with an international business company and 12 years doing individual and family counseling as well as career counseling. This blend of counseling and business experience gives Anita a unique perspective on the world of work and life. Anita works with people literally all over the world to help them discover a life and career they love.   Contact Anita here to get started on your new career and life!