How many times are you going to let January slip by before you actually do something about that career change you've been thinking about? I've navigated two major career changes myself. Both terrifying. Both absolutely worth it. The second took nearly a decade—a slow, uncomfortable pivot from 25 years in Product Strategy and Innovation into career coaching. The first happened faster, leaving behind my chosen under graduate focus for a career in Technology.

You've been thinking about it for months. Maybe years. You've googled "career change at [your age]" more times than you'd like to admit. You've saved job posts you'll probably never apply for. You've had the same conversation with your partner on repeat: "I just need to figure out what I actually want." But here's the thing that nobody talks about: Deciding what to do next isn't actually your problem. The real problem? Getting started. Taking that first step.

Hindsight's a wonderful thing, right?* After 25 years in corporate life, two significant career changes, and a journey from tech startups to career coaching, I've learned some hard-won lessons that I wish someone had shared with my bright-eyed 20-year-old self, fresh out of university. Here's the thing: I don't see these experiences as things that happened 'to' me anymore. I've flipped my thinking.