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2080 work hours per year. Now what?

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So your career is winding down after working for 30+ years and you are thinking about ‘Where do I want to spend my time’?  Good.

But thinking about it is only a start, you really should make a plan and begin the processing of making value decisions.  Determine what is IMPORTANT to you first and then break it down into its parts.

  • Is it time with your spouse?  Children? Extended family? Friends? Alone?
  • Is it community service? If so, what does “community service” mean to you?
  • Is it how to use your leisure time? Does that mean traveling?  If so, how often? Where?
  • Is it about learning?  What does that mean to you?
  • Some kind of work?  Part time?  How much / often?
  • Leaving a legacy?

After you clean your garage and the basement (which might take a year after neglecting things for awhile) you will have about 2080 hours that you USED to spend at work and now will spend it doing SOMETHING.  Will it be I Love Lucy reruns? A couple of fishing trips? Regardless of what you decide to do,  making a plan will improve it.

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You, my friend, are a victim of disorganized thinking.

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We, as career practitioners, all have the ability to be “…the great and all powerful wizard”  every day.   We must never underestimate the power of our words.   Here are 10 quotes from the classic movie The Wizard of Oz and how they translate for career practitioners.

1. Wizard of Oz to Cowardly Lion: You, my friend, are a victim of disorganized thinking. You are under the unfortunate impression that just because you run away you have no courage; you’re confusing courage with wisdom. 

When we meet with students or clients they often bring to us a preconceived picture of their career path and one of the greatest conversations we can have is helping them reframe their thinking from seeing barriers to visualizing opportunities.

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