Sensible Career Advice for 20-Somethings to Finding Happy Work

Let’s cut the small talk and have a real conversation about careers

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Feelings flooded through my body and expelled themselves as salty tears. It didn’t make much sense to me, everything on paper was perfect.

There I was, marching down the path well-trodden with gusto.

• Hardworking, tick.
• Managing a team, tick.
• Building a network, tick.

I was doing all the things a good grad should do. Yet there was one small problem. I was miserable.

Unfortunately, I’m not alone. New research shows that 75% of 25–33-year-old have experienced a quarter-life crisis, and question what hits the top stop for causation?

Life is about choice

The brilliant Oliver Burkeman tells you that you only have 4,000 weeks, it (rightly so) adds to the pressure. The research shows that when we are happier we work harder, and so the race is on.

If you can only find a job that you love, one that makes you happy, you can optimize for productivity and fully utilize your 4,000 weeks.

If only it was that simple, yet there is hope. Having gone from rock bottom to finding joy…