152. Career Reset: What do you want to be when Fall grows up?

Is your career still serving you—or has the season shifted?
Sometimes we hold on to dreams long past their expiration date, not realizing that what we need isn’t to push harder but to pivot with purpose. If you’ve been feeling torn between the work you used to love and the life you want now, this episode will help you reset with clarity and courage.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why fall is the perfect time for a career reset
• Four reflection questions to evaluate your current work and future direction
• How to grieve a former dream so you can fully step into a new one
• Small, practical steps to explore new opportunities without overwhelm
• Why pivots are normal—and how to embrace them without guilt

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Transcript

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If your work used to light you up, but now just feels like too much, maybe it's time to rethink the season you're in. hello and welcome to money and career mastery from overwhelmed to ownership. I'm Laura Sexton, your abundance and legacy coach here to help you navigate the world of money, debt payoff, and career growth with confidence and clarity. In this podcast, we'll tackle the financial and career challenges, holding you back, optimize your income and build the freedom that comes with true ownership. If you're ready to break free from overwhelm, create a budget that aligns with your values and design a legacy that empowers future generations. You're in the right place. Hey, accelerators. I wanna say a quick thank you to you for showing up back here today. Thank you for taking time for yourself, but also thank you for giving me the space to have taken a week off. I haven't done that in quite some time, and I'm in the middle of some really big shifts. things are changing in my life right now. I have some kids going back to school. I have a couple at home. I am making some changes in the business to streamline things and make it easier for all of you. And it just feels like things have gone a little sideways and I had to take some time to make sure that everything was settled. We talk about prioritizing things all the time, and the podcast was lower on the list than my family, my children, my current clients that I'm working with. Back to school, getting everything up, settled, started. I'm moving some things around in the house. I have gone back to my normal people clothes instead of my maternity clothes. So there are just a lot of things, a lot of pieces that we're moving and unfortunately the podcast had to take a back seat. But we are back. We are ready to go. Today is all about a career reset. We're gonna talk about how your kids are learning from you. We're gonna talk about how to refresh your financial goals. We are going to talk about how to prep for a debt-free holiday season, which I think is very, very important. We're also gonna talk about some. Frightening finances, five money habits that haunt people for years. So please know that I have some really fun things coming up for you in the not too distant future, but today, today we're talking all about that career reset. What got me thinking about this was a couple days ago I had a conversation with my newest client. She is an actress in New York and very much me. 10 to 12 years ago. I was thinking about that time in my life when my second baby was around six months old and I realized that something had shifted. I was still getting auditions, still technically doing the thing that I love acting, but every time I saw an opportunity come in, I just felt conflicted. I wanted to give it all of the time and energy that it deserved, but I was turning things down left and right. That's when it hit me. It's not that I didn't love acting anymore, it was that the season I was in had changed. I needed to pivot. So maybe you felt that too. Maybe you felt torn, between what you used to love and what your life needs right now. I just wanna let you know that you're not failing. You're evolving. So if you were in the messy middle of I love this thing, but I just don't feel like it's right anymore and I don't know where I'm going. That's what we're doing. That's what we're gonna talk about today. So let me ask you the big question. Okay? If your career could look different by this time next year, what would you want it to look like? Sometimes I ask this question and the person I'm speaking to knows exactly what they want, I had a conversation with a lady earlier this week. We'll call her Wendy, and she had a very, very difficult time telling me what she want, what she would want in her future. She was having a hard time wrapping her head around what could look different for her, because she knew that the situation she was in today wasn't what she wanted it to be in the future, but she didn't know how to make the pivot. So that's what we're gonna talk about. Fall is a natural time to reset your career. The season is changing. There are new routines. We have some time, especially if you're like me and your kids have gone back to school, you've got some space to reflect on what it is that you want most. What lights you up? What fulfills you? This is our second chance at a New Year's Energy because the calendar has changed. My daughter just came home with her first ever school planner and now she loves it. She's so excited'cause she sees mommy do a planner all the time and she wants to do one with me. And we've kind of gone back and forth. I'm like, what are we put in here? I don't know what to put in here because I don't know what to put in a planner for somebody that doesn't have anything to plan on. So now she has her first one and it's a brand new planner. All of the pages are empty and full of possibilities. So this is your second chance at a New Year's Energy. It's also a great time for preparing for changes in the job market. Q4 is a big hiring season with Q1 being great for transitions. There are a lot of people that will transition to a new job in January a lot, and I am gearing up for a busy career season, or at least I'm hoping for one, where I can help people find the work that they are uniquely made to do. So we can get you plugged in and just ripping and roaring and ready to go on all accounts. What is life giving about your current work? There's something that lights you up about what you do day in and day out. Even if you hate your job, I can guarantee you there's one or two things that you enjoy about it. Flip side to that, of course, what drains you at work and is that fixable? That's the key piece. Can we fix it? Is it within your control to fix? Because if there's something that drains you and it's fixable and we can fix it, and we can make your life more enjoyable, then what we need to do is figure out how to grow in the place that you're in. If we can't fix it, we need to help you go to the next thing. Question number three. Is your work supporting or stealing from your values and financial goals? My friends, if you are working 50, 60, 70, 80 hour weeks and you're on salary, you're doing the wrong thing because you're stealing time away from the people that love you most, and it's not contributing to your financial goals at all. You make sure that the work you are doing is supporting you. Financial goals are some of my favorite things and I wanna help you achieve them. Reflection. Question number four. If nothing changed in the next 12 months, how would you feel if you were exactly in the same spot 12 months from now? Are you happy? Are you frustrated? You lackadaisical. I like that word. That's a fun word I've heard a lot recently about this idea of quiet cracking. It is a chance for not quitting. Quiet. Quitting is totally different, but it's people that are starting to burn out and they don't realize it, and they're going to work and they're giving what they think is there. Giving what they think is their 100%, but their 100% now is 70% of what they used to be able to give as they're just feeling overworked, overwhelmed, they're not feeling appreciated the way that they should be. This is a chance for management to step up. If you were in management, look around at the people that are below you. Look at your direct reports. How can you build them up? How can you help them grow? If you were not in management, but think you could do a better job than your manager, let's figure it out. How can you help the people around you grow? Because I promise you, the higher ups are gonna see you. I wanna go ahead and normalize, pivoting for a second there. There's an old, old, old feeling of. You go to work, you stay at your job, you're there for 30 years, you retire, they give you a gold watch and you move on. That doesn't happen a lot of places anymore. People are changing jobs every three to seven years. And if that's the case, I mean, let's look at what we want our end goal to be. I heard somebody say, if you're gonna have three to seven jobs in your lifetime, or change your jobs every three to seven years, why don't you go ahead and see what it takes to teach. Water aerobics on a cruise ship. I was like, yeah, that's what I wanna do. I wanna be on a cruise ship. I wanna be getting paid to do Jazzercize on a cruise ship. That sounds great, except I would probably get very nauseous and my husband couldn't come.'cause he gets incredible motion sickness, which I just think is so funny for a man that is so incredibly strong. So look, pivots happen, changes happen. Here's what I, here's what I need you to do first. You go ahead and grieve your former dream. When I stepped back from acting, that was very difficult for me because I love it. I love being an actress. That was one of my favorite things. I got to go and escape the world and be somebody else for a little while, but I know that I can go back to that at another time. Or maybe that season of my life has passed, and that's okay. I enjoyed what it was for the time that I was in it, but now that I have grieved acting, I got to turn and step into a new dream. And I love this dream. I love getting to help you with your career. I love getting to help you with your money. Getting to sit one-on-one with somebody kneecap to kneecap, eyeball to eyeball screen to screen. It is a joy to get to know you, to get to see you, to get to love on you a little bit. That is a joy for me, and I'm happy that my former dream has sunsetted so that I can be here with you today. There's nothing wrong with pivoting as long as you take the time to grieve the former dream. So we're not stuck on it. We're not ruminating on it. What could have been, and that'll, that'll be a quick way to burnout. Very quickly. We grieve our former dream, we let it go, and then we step into the new dream. Every season is gonna have different capacities. Every season is gonna have a different realm of clarity. Remember, you're not stuck, but you might be avoiding a decision. That's somebody that I usually get to work with, where we're in between, we're in the liminal space. So if you are stuck, that is when you wanna have a conversation with me, you can book a clarity call with me and we can just dig into your career mastery. Okay. If you're ready to do some of this work on your own, say maybe you've made the decision, you know what your new dream actually looks like. Here are your small steps towards change, update your resume, update your portfolio, your LinkedIn, one of those, all three of those. Start one conversation this week about what could be next for you. Journal about your ideal day at work, and compare that to reality. Schedule one hour this week to explore, to listen, to learn, to dream, whatever it is you need to do to take one small step toward change. And then I want you to reflect on the season you're in. Is it positive? Is it negative? Identify one way your current work is aligned. Misaligned with your long-term goals, then take one micro step towards clarity and change this week. If you're ready to align your money and your mindset, you can come join the Yes spend challenge in the free Facebook group. It will be starting on Monday. It's a yes spend challenge. We are saying yes to what matters most and letting go of what doesn't. The link is down in the show notes. Come join us there and in the meantime, go out and make a difference. thank you for spending time with us today on Money and Career Mastery from Overwhelm to Ownership. Remember, your legacy isn't just about financial freedom. It's about living with purpose, taking action, and building a foundation that lasts for generations. Don't just listen, implement what you've learned and share it with someone who could use a financial or career breakthrough. If you found value in today's episode, help us grow by rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast. I'll be back next week with more strategies to help you master your money and career. Until then take ownership of your future and build your legacy with intention.